Ilebuli yokuqopha iWarner Music eyenziwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule i- ukukhishwa komhlaba wonke kwe-albhamu 'Dark Sky Island', umsebenzi omusha wesitudiyo somculi wase-Ireland osungulwe u-Enya. Ukubukwa kuqala kwalo msebenzi omusha, i-albhamu yakhe yesithupha, kwaba ukwethulwa kwengoma eyodwa ethi 'Echoes in Rain' ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba owedlule. Kusukela kukhishwe i-albhamu yakhe yangaphambilini ethi, 'Futhi Ubusika Bafika…' ngoNovemba 2008, lo mculi wase-Ireland waba ne-hiatus lapho azinikezela khona ekuthuthukiseni izinto ze-albhamu entsha. Kuze kwaba ngo-2012 lapho u-Enya abuyela khona ezitudiyo ukuqopha i-'Dark Island Sky ', i-albhamu yesithupha yesitudiyo se-discography yakhe, umsebenzi oveze abahlanganyeli bakhe abajwayelekile: umqambi uRoman Ryan nomdidiyeli wawo wonke ama-albhamu ka-Enya, uNicky. URyan.
Ngokusho komculi ohlonishwa kakhulu wohlobo olusha lweminyaka, isihloko se-albhamu entsha sigqugquzelwa yigama okubizwa ngalo isiqhingi saseSark, isiqhingi esiphakathi ne-English Channel, lapho sibonga ukukhululeka ekungcolisweni ukukhanya kungenzeka ukubuka izinkanyezi ngokucacile okungcono kakhulu. Mayelana nalokhu, lo mculi umemezele ukuthi le albhamu entsha izokhuluma ngohambo oluthokozisayo lokuya ezindaweni ezingemukeleki, ezinamathafa amahle, kanye nokuhambela ngaphakathi kwethu ngemizwa, kuyo yonke impilo, umlando kanye naso sonke isikhathi. I-'Dark Sky Island 'ikhishwe ngefomethi yeCD nokulanda ngedijithali ngoNovemba 20 kanti inguqulo ye-LP nayo izokhishwa ku-vinyl ngoDisemba 18.