the title track of ki is great!
probably the best thing i've discovered in exhaustively listening to his discography this time around is epiclouder, the bonus disc for epicloud. those uh demos are amazing!
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link
Ki's the only DT record I could probably stomach any more, tbh. Far as I remember the title track's pretty great.I'm not going to badmouth the guy but a couple of years ago very suddenly I simply stopped enjoying his music. It's weird. Unfortunately though the way my tastes have shifted I've increasingly found some major aspects of his whole "thing" unpalatable (overly compressed shiny production, goofy attempts at humour...)Not going to rule out coming back round to him in time though.― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, September 9, 2015 6:08 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm not going to badmouth the guy but a couple of years ago very suddenly I simply stopped enjoying his music. It's weird. Unfortunately though the way my tastes have shifted I've increasingly found some major aspects of his whole "thing" unpalatable (overly compressed shiny production, goofy attempts at humour...)
Not going to rule out coming back round to him in time though.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, September 9, 2015 6:08 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Feel like I could see this happening with me every few years with him, but it hasn't happened yet. Ive always kinda stayed at arms length from his music with only a true deep dive over the last few months.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
i think this is my top ten
Earth DayKingdomFuneralHyperdriveShineThe FlukeZenSlow Me DownPlanet RainTiny Tears
and bc that feels really cruel here's the following ten
RegulatorStormHappy BirthdayKiBastardFar Beyond MetalMidnight SunStagnantThe Mighty MasturbatorVampira
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 11 September 2015 04:16 (nine years ago) link
Not ignoring your post! Just still working on mine, had a few albums I still needed to get through. Physicist isn't really very good is it, Kingdom is def the standout.
― Spottie, Friday, 25 September 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
physicist has kingdom, material, planet rain, all top 20 devy material but it's def one of his lesser albums
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
Something seems off on the production of that album.
― Spottie, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
My list atm consists of basically every song on Accelerated Evolution
― Spottie, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
oh yeah, definitely, his heaviest solo record and there's basically no bottom end, so it's just flying past you
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
yeah def having a hard time getting into it cos of that.
Gotta say the acoustic version of Funeral is hypnotic and heartbreaking. Crazy how reg version sounds so transcendent and uplifting in comparison.
― Spottie, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:48 (eight years ago) link
new one's out next week but is also out there rn. the theme this time around is positivity! he rerecorded "truth" (and it sounds great and works surprisingly well tbh) and there's a ween cover
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 September 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
it's his longest dtp record since deconstruction/ghost fwiw
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 September 2016 15:27 (eight years ago) link
love this guy but i've only ever really listened to Terria and Addicted, maybe its time to go deeper
― ciderpress, Saturday, 3 September 2016 16:01 (eight years ago) link
ocean machine!!!!
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 September 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
It is... the best album ever recorded
― Spottie, Saturday, 3 September 2016 19:39 (eight years ago) link
omg
― ciderpress, Saturday, 3 September 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's like the perfect dreampop-metal album, and he did it more or less on the first throw
― imago, Saturday, 3 September 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
when you get to the chorus of 'hide nowhere' your ability to deny, is gone, forever
― imago, Saturday, 3 September 2016 20:48 (eight years ago) link
and then when you get to the bridge your ability to do anything is p much gone as well
― imago, Saturday, 3 September 2016 20:51 (eight years ago) link
olive?
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Saturday, 3 September 2016 21:33 (eight years ago) link
Just awful music. Reminds me of Invader Zim and Richard Dawkins.
― punksishippies, Sunday, 4 September 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
good
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 4 September 2016 21:04 (eight years ago) link
I mean I hate both dawkins and vasquez but I feel like you could dismiss all prog metal in the same way
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 4 September 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link
i didnt like ocean machine as much as terria but its good
― ciderpress, Sunday, 4 September 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
Don't get the Dawkins and Zim comparison.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 4 September 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
Cider I didn't love ocean machine right away. Liked it fine. But it'll grow on you.
― Spottie, Sunday, 4 September 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link
yeah in a lot of ways it's his deepest record besides terria. lot of rewarding pockets
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 4 September 2016 22:18 (eight years ago) link
he's suspiciously good at the hamfisted arena rockers that he slips in once per album or so ("life","stagnant","slow me down")
― ciderpress, Monday, 5 September 2016 16:37 (eight years ago) link
Yeah he's mastered that
― Spottie, Monday, 5 September 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, September 4, 2016 6:07 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
neither does punkishippies, don't worry
― Neanderthal, Monday, 5 September 2016 18:42 (eight years ago) link
accelerated evolution is greattttt
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 03:37 (eight years ago) link
yeah 2nd best alb ever recorded B-)
― Spottie, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 05:12 (eight years ago) link
yeah this is my favorite one now
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link
really fell for the new one tonight. feel like the devin townsend "project" has been building toward something like this, that exists in a kind of hybrid space between deconstruction and addicted. it's way less direct and more discursive than epicloud or sky blue, which are prob the two most similar albums he's made in a row. "higher" is amazing, with different production it could be on accelerated evolution
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 September 2016 07:37 (eight years ago) link
have y'all see this? omfg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oJEBGHCdBQ
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 12 September 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
Yesss its so gr8
― Spottie, Monday, 12 September 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
That whole show is perfect but that three-song stretch of the three best songs on Ocean Machine (and maybe this three best overall?) is bliss
― Spottie, Monday, 12 September 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
Any downsides to Original Album Collection: Discovering Devin Townsend Box? Looks like a good set.
http://www.insideoutshop.de/Item/Devin_Townsend_-_Original_Album_Collection-_Discovering_DEVIN_TOWNSEND_-Ltd-_5CD_Edition-/16278
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
looks like five great albums
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
Looks ideal for me. Bless all these box sets coming out, they're making things easier.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-iLIozUrHs
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
he's a great interview.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, September 8, 2016 12:37 AM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
checking the new one now. HIGHER! takes like five left turns.
Transcendence through From The Heart is prob my favorite stretch. Back half of From the Heart molds into a beautiful Califone-esque song.
That Ween cover is perfect
― Spottie, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Really not my scene all this Jaggerprog, but I am watching 90's Wildhearts live shit and seriously this guy is awesome
― Jonathan Hellion Mumble, Friday, 18 November 2016 00:40 (seven years ago) link
In my early 20s, Biomech was the album that I used to "reset" when my mood was spiraling.
Listening to it now for the same reason and it's having the same serene effect on me.
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 May 2017 13:12 (seven years ago) link
BASTARRRRRDMOTHER FATHERNOOOOO
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 May 2017 13:50 (seven years ago) link
album has that affect yeah
― Spottie, Saturday, 13 May 2017 03:23 (seven years ago) link
Where to start with this dude? Saw him open a bit for Gojira and Opeth, and he was ... OK!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 May 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
Either Ocean Machine: Biomech or Terria ... it feels to me that those are generally good places to start rather than something like, say, Ziltoid.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 13 May 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
City
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 May 2017 22:18 (seven years ago) link
bpth those answers are probably right, just depends if you want your head smashed in (City) or your soul lifted to the heavens (Ocean Machine, Terria). I would add Accelerated Evolution to the latter.
― Spottie, Monday, 15 May 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link