![]() ![]() ![]() Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence album review.The 12 best Devin Townsend songs, by Devin Townsend.‘I took mushrooms and thought I was God’: inside the brain of Devin Townsend.Laugh, love, live, learn when to fuck off – Epicloud is a treat and set the Project up for future glories. Although a couple of tracks overstay their welcome – Grace, we’re looking at you. The Project’s mixture of all these elements alongside that arena-breaking orchestration, subtle ear for the mainstream and Devin’s powerhouse, West End-ready delivery – go for True North and the re-recording of Kingdom for prime examples – combined to ensure that this record sounded like nothing else on the planet. Basically, it’s an auditory all-you-can-eat a gospel choir adds drama to proceedings, in particular the poppy, childish refrain of Lucky Animals Save Our Now, Liberation and Hold On are angelic, undeniable pop anthems the gorgeous, acoustic musings of Divine are a proper treat that deserve to be aired live more often. With Epicloud came the solidification of the Devin Townsend Project’s sound: the new-age, poppy sensibilities were pushed to the fore, as were Anneke van Giersbergen’s beautiful vocals in a similar style to Addicted. Don’t let iTunes or Wikipedia give you any shit. ![]() And yes, it is a Project record: it’s performed by the Project. Aside from these few, Dark Matters’ space rock ridiculousness falls short on record, making much more sense when translated to the Royal Albert Hall’s stage last year. Ziltoid Goes Home is Devin channelling that razorblade rage he had through Strapping Young Lad, Deathray is a definite arse-shaker and March Of The Poozers is a pompous, carnivalesque classic. The story takes precedence over the actual music when it gets going, however, it rips hard enough to send Poozers tumbling through a wormhole and into your living room. The story is entertaining but, musically, there’s hardly any bloody songs. There’s these things that look like ballsacks – they’re called Poozers, obviously – Chris Jericho fully throws himself into the role of ‘Captain Spectacular’ and the story races along like War Of The Worlds taping over the Jeremy Kyle Show. Something had to go last, eh? One half of the Project’s Z² opus, Dark Matters is a sequel to Devin’s 2007 Ziltoid The Omniscient record – it’s about an alien searching for the ultimate coffee bean, duh. ![]()
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