Devin Townsend Project are set to release their eagerly awaited new studio album Transcendence on September 9 via Inside Out Music/Sony Music AustraliaNow you can hear the first single from the album, titled ‘Failure’ here:
‘Transcendence’ will be available as a limited 2CD Digipak (featuring an extra disc of 11 additional new tracks), standard CD jewelcase & Gatefold heavyweight 2LP + CD w/ etching (on various colours), as well as digital download.
Physical pre-orders of the album are available from
Pre-order ‘Transcendence’ digitally from iTunes now, and receive ‘Failure’ immediately:
‘Transcendence’, the follow-up to 2014’s ‘Z2’ double-album (half of which was made up of the DTP full-length ‘Sky Blue’), sees the award-winning Townsend exploring a relatively new way of working, collaborating with the entire DTP band during the writing stages of the record. “The result of this process is a record that I truly think the intention of is special” he says of the album. “I ‘found’ gas to put into the tank and am glad I did. I think the intention, the theme, and the participation of everyone involved allows this album to act like a fulcrum between the past few years and what I intend to do next with the symphony. I am very proud of it and everyone involved.”The artwork was once again created by Anthony Clarkson, who Devin has been working with for several years now. Townsend comments of the cover (above): “He presented me the main image of the girl as a painted version, and I was intrigued and asked him to redo it with a girl he knew with photos. I liked the idea that it seemed like a mash up of religious and spiritual imagery, in a sense, representing the idea (to me) that these types of connections to the infinite are often more like identities we can cling to rather than what lies behind. In a sense, the character on the front almost seems like the ideologies she’s representing are more ‘brand names’ than anything else.”
The last 2 years since the release of ‘Z2’ have seen Devin busier and more ambitious than ever, culminating last November in the release of ‘Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall’, a brilliant document of their sold-out show at the famous London venue,
that saw them bring the Ziltoid story to life on stage in his most impressive production yet.
Look out for more news in the coming weeks!
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