DEVIN TOWNSEND - PowerNerd 25-10-24

par icoé Ven 23 Aoû 2024, 13:57

Le Devin prépare un nouvel album et personne n'en parle ?

Composé en 11 jours, ça ressemble pas à la bande son de nature et découverte cette fois, premier extrait :

POWERNERD – noun
1. A person of any gender who has, through tenacity and perseverance, turned what society may deem as a ‘weakness’ into a superpower.
2. A total fucking badass.
3. You.

Devin Townsend is pleased to announce the release of his forthcoming new studio album
‘PowerNerd’ on the 25th October 2024. Devin Townsend’s career is one of many distinct eras. He’s
been the leader of Strapping Young Lad, the lynchpin of the Devin Townsend Project and the co-
architect of country duo Casualties of Cool, all while maintaining his prolific and lauded solo project.

Now, the polymath’s newest era starts with ‘PowerNerd’.

“It was a conscious thing,” Devin says of his brand-new album, the music on which he wrote in just
11 days. “I thought, ‘I’ve spent so much time overthinking every aspect of my work – what would
happen if I didn’t?’ Maybe I would have the opportunity to be a bit more direct with what it is that
I’m trying to do. I really wanted to see if I could cut through some of the meanderings.”
A song that embodies that, is the album’s title track (which features a guest spot from Jamey Jasta).

Stream the track and pre-order the album here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/PowerNerd

However, that aggression is far from the only thing to come from PowerNerd’s 11 episodic tracks.
‘Dreams of Light’, by comparison, is an evocative and dynamic four-minute ballad. ‘Younger Lover’
calms down from an explosive opening to lush verses of synths and singing, whereas ‘Falling Apart’
and ‘Jainism’ add texture after texture on top of dulcet, acoustic introductions.
Where PowerNerd’s music was written in less than a fortnight, its lyrics were refined over a far
longer period of time into a narrative about strength and healing. On ‘Falling Apart’, Devin
commands himself to “keep the tension under control”. “You’ve got to believe that things will only
get better,” subsequent song “Gratitude” powerfully declares. These uplifting messages even play
into the record’s title.

Devin offers as a definition: “I would say that a PowerNerd would be somebody that has a tendency
that society has deemed weak or not valuable, whether that’s empathy or being an insular person or
an introvert, and turns that into a type of personal power. It’s like, ‘OK, yeah, I’m sensitive to this,
that and the other thing, but man, I am going to pull through! I am going to do things with that sensitivity that are rooted in strength.’”

C'était Icoé, à dans 10 ans !

par Pietro Mer 18 Sep 2024, 17:42

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DEVIN TOWNSEND - PowerNerd 25-10-24

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