devin townsend c/d

berserk omnigenre prog-metal electro verses, enormous pop chorus. works for me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zIxPUPWVq8

yeah this album is shaping up to be transcendence but way more fun and awesome

something for everyone! literally everyone! all in five minutes!

I was going to make a comment like 'but what if I don't like brickwalled pseudo-prog' but there's a space cat so you're actually right.

I even like the song a little bit, maybe it's time I let this corny mf back into my life

yeah for all that it's garish it is kind of undeniable

Impressed by these two preview videos. I might jump on here.

this is out btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdHJurX0yVA

i have heard it in full and i have no idea what to make of it

i have yet to hear it but someone else described it as his most bonkers record since infinity

I'm a Townsend neophyte but I love it a lot

simon pls listen to ocean machine and terria

i mean...yeah

and addicted

and ziltoid tbh

and accelerated evolution

but really ocean machine and terria

"sprite" is wonderful, i'm already ready to call this his best work since the first ziltoid, feels like the finish line for the style he's been evolving over the devin townsend project records

(i've never loved addicted! as much as most but i do love it)

prob for the best that i can't figure out where chad kroeger's voice sits in the mix of "hear me" the effect of which is sorta like if deconstruction were a pile of hooks

first ziltoid def feels like his sleeper album yeah

oh my god @ "why?"

i love most of the dtp records but this is the first time his work has felt *effortlessly* dense and gorgeous in a very long time

"borderlands" is just blowing my mind (sorry 2 liveblog)

i'm much higher than i was this morning and this album is brilliant

Board description

In just two songs i have heard traces of

Beach Boys
Mr Bungle
Enya
High School Musical
Toe Jam and Earl

I love it

why? is incredible had a big smile the whole way through it... devi is one of a kind truly.

simon h get on ocean machine!
devin townsend: ocean machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LrTB9JFBME

Every once in a while I throw on both discs of Casualties of Cool and it ends up being all I play for days on end

Hasn’t hit for me like that maybe I should try again

I treat them like ambient/background records with occasional rushes of overwhelming beauty that seize my attention

Why? is his greatest song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-uWOVP5q0

listened to empath a few times over the last week and its really special. up there with his best.

<3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb935JynuhQ

he's posting a new song every day mon-fri during all this and calling it the quarantine project:

I will be releasing all the Quarantine Project songs on an album when all this calms down... until then, I’ll just keep posting stuff Monday to Friday. I hope it helps.

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) March 27, 2020

i think theres 9 so far and its the usual mix of what you'd expect from him.

i was supposed to see him here in phx last week.

fao brad
https://youtu.be/wpjS7m6X4h4

lmao thank you

alright been trying to put my top ten together for a few years lol. decided to go with a top 25 instead cos why only ten anyway? in no order

deep peace
why?
suicide
stand
borderlands
kingdom
march of the poozers
funeral
bastard
spirits will collide
earth day
tiny tears
deadhead
failure
higher
from the heart
universal flame
regulator
singularity
seventh wave
dsiruptr
canada
terminal
depth charge
let it roll

you fuckin rule for this imo

it's fuckin' insane how much Devy I've heard which is still less than 50% of his catalog.

this thread might finally inspire me to fill in the gaps

Empath was the best satanic pop album the Beach Boys never made

i just keep playing the solo in deep peace over and over
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq-S9FzmcyI

not sure why i never posted in this thread. was massively into SYL and Devin's solo stuff up until around the self titled SYL and then just fell off the bus completely, not really sure why other than attention shifting. been going through ALL my cds from A-Z and have re-realised how much I love City, Ocean Machine and Infinity. travelled up to his show at the Astoria 2/Mean Fiddler in around 2003 and it was incredibly, notably due to Gene Hoglan drumming for all three bands that night - Zimmers Hole / Strapping Young Lad / Devin Townsend Project. amazing night.

so yes, i guess i'll carry on listening through the discography...and hoping I don't suddenly realise he got cancelled at some time in the last 19 years?

not to my knowledge he hasn't been. feel free to live review albums in here!

also occurred to me he's basically the metal Todd Rundgren?

yeah he seems like good people.

thought this might be a bump for his new album lightwork, which im still trying to figure out my feelings on.

rundgren comparison is good i think

I could also imagine a Devin/Andrew WK album that would be....very good indeed.