Lightwork (CD, fra Devin Townsend

Appears as a limited double CD edition in Digipak.

After an exceptionally long year of personal changes and almost manic creative activity, Canadian musician Devin Townsend releases the successor to his highly acclaimed 2019 album 'Empath'. Compiled from a flood of material written during the pandemic, 'Lightwork' represents a new level and has become one of the most accessible and ambitious releases of his long-standing career. A project that Devin has had in mind since his teenage years (and has been toying with throughout his entire career), it is a more melodic and direct album with a great producer supporting him in his work. Enter Garth Richardson: a Vancouver-based producer with a long resume and a longtime friend of Devin's. And the goal? To create something beautiful, cathartic, powerful, and clear. A feeling of optimism and strength in a time that is commonly referred to as 'depressing'. It's about strength, love, acceptance, fear, and overcoming together. Guests on the album include friends and acquaintances from his past (Anneke Van Giersbergen, Ché Aimee Dorval, Morgan Agren, Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, Elektra Women's Choir) as well as some newer friends and faces (Darby Todd, Diego Tejeida, Nathan Navarro, Federico Paulovich, Jonas Hellborg), and - hard to believe - the legendary producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers, who is featured on the track 'HoneyBunch'.