Photo Credit: Paul Harries
Devin Townsend has released a video for his new single Moonpeople, the first taste of his upcoming album Lightwork.
He comments:
“Hey all :) this is Devin. Welcome to my newest album Lightwork. The last few years have been a lot, and this is the music that I wrote during that time.
In essence, Lightwork is a bit more of a ‘song’ oriented album. A bit more direct and simpler than a lot of what I’ve been doing lately. After ‘Empath’ and ‘The Puzzle’, things kind of swung back in the direction of more traditional arrangements for Lightwork.
Lyrically, It kind of hints at the struggles of the last few years but with an eye on putting the pieces back together again.
We chose Moonpeople as the first of three video releases from this project, The three videos share a theme, so I think that’ll work.
Moonpeople is the first song on Lightwork and acts as a sort of mission statement for the album. Post pandemic… kids are now teens… 50 years old, who am I now? Beyond any platitudes or delusions, who am I now that the smoke is clearing and what do I want to do, and who do I want to be, moving forward?
The term ‘Moonpeople’ in my mind, refers to those in society that kind of ‘watch’ things rather than being directly involved in it. Maybe the Moonpeople are more introverted rather than extroverted? In any case, it functions as a song on the album that will set the stage for the dynamic nature of the material that follows it.
So here you go. Song one.”
Lightwork is due for release on 28th October 2022 via InsideOutMusic, available to pre-order HERE.
See Devin Townsend live at one of the following dates:
February 2023
Tue 21st – OSLO, NO – Sentrum Scene
Thu 23rd – HELSINKI, FI – House of Culture
Fri 24th – TAMPERE, FI – Pakkahuone
Sat 25th – OULU, FI – Tullisali
Mon 27th – STOCKHOLM, SE – Cirkus
Tue 28th – GOTHENBURG, SE – Pustervik
March 2023
Wed 1st – COPENHAGEN, DK – Amager Bio
Fri 3rd – TILBURG, NL – 013
Sat 4th – COLOGNE, DE – Carlswerk Victoria
Sun 5th – LILLE, FR – Le Splendid
Tue 7th – LEIPZIG, DE – Werk 2
Wed 8th – FRANKFURT, DE – Batschkapp
Fri 10th – ZURICH, CH – X-tra
Sat 11th – MUNICH, DE – Backstage Werk
Mon 13th – DORNBIRN, AT – Conrad Sohm
Tue 14th – MILAN, IT – Live Club
Thu 16th – BARCELONA, ES – Razzmatazz
Fri 17th – MADRID, ES – La Riviera
Sat 18th – LISBON, PT – Cineteatro Capitólio
Mon 20th – TOULOUSE, FR – Le Bikini
Tue 21st – MARSEILLE, FR – Le Moulin
Wed 22nd – CLERMONT FERRAND, FR – La Coopérative De Mai
Fri 24th – BRUSSELS, BE – Ancienne Belgique
Sat 25th – STUTTGART, DE – LKA-Longhorn
Sun 26th – PARIS, FR – L’Olympia
Tue 28th – BEXHILL-ON-SEA, UK – De La Warr Pavilion
Wed 29th – BRISTOL, UK – Academy
Fri 31st – MANCHESTER, UK – Academy
April 2023
Sat 1st – NOTTINGHAM, UK – Rock City
Sun 2nd – NEWCASTLE, UK – University
Tue 4th – WOLVERHAMPTON, UK – KK’s Steel Mill
Wed 5th – NORWICH, UK – UEA
Tickets are on sale HERE.
