Beneath a Pale Daylight Sky

Will Sims’ The Mourning Moon is a mesmerizing plunge into the shadows of memory and meaning. Released on June 23, 2025, this track marks a bold stylistic turn for the Baltimore-based artist, weaving atmospheric electronics with deep emotional resonance. Inspired by the quiet surrealism of seeing the moon in daylight, a metaphor for lingering presence after loss, the song blooms with aching beauty, drawing from influences like Nine Inch Nails and Cigarettes After Sex while forging a voice all its own.

Built in collaboration with producer Tony Correlli at Deep End Studio, the song’s sonic palette is rich with texture: hypnotic Moog synth pulses, glitch-kissed programmed drums, and ethereal layers that seem to shimmer and sigh with every beat. It’s a song that doesn’t rush, it rests in its sorrow, and that patience makes it powerful. There’s a stillness here that feels sacred.

What really stands out, though, is the intimacy. This isn’t a track made to fill stadiums, it’s made to fill the space behind your ribs. Knowing that Sims wrote the song before his father’s passing, yet now hears it differently, gives The Mourning Moon a weight that’s both personal and universal. This is grief rendered in starlight and synthesizers, a haunting, healing journey through sound.Don’t just listen—feel it.