Devin Townsend has checked in with a new video update. Check it out below.
Townsend: "First update of many. Sorry I've been absent. I'll be doing these consistently, and I feel I'll have to re-learn how to communicate publicly. Times have changed and so have I... last two years have provided a lot of knots to untangle.
I'd also like to be really clear about something here as well: My relationship with my label, management, agent and the people who work with me is super important to me. No one has prevented me from doing anything, so I hate to think I'm throwing people under the bus with my free form talking. These people have patiently supported me through thick and thin, and have provided opportunities for me that I would have never had without them, so when I feel the need to talk through my process, it's with the awareness that it can come across as a 'me against them' type of deal when it's really not. These are my allies and we're on a team. I do absolutely feel the need to talk out the process from the heart, so I realize how that may come across. Therefore, as I start to figure out this next phase, finding the right balance is my aim.
My ideas are such that I simply can't to do this on my own, and I'm about to start a new chapter that seems like it can be exceptionally cool, but also extraordinarily complicated to make a reality, so bear with me as I figure it out in real time.
Thanks for everything. Talk next week."
Devin Townsend celebrates the 25th anniversary of his landmark solo album, Infinity, with a brand new edition of the record being released on November 24. This newly remastered version of the album comes as a Limited 2CD Digipak, Gatefold 180g 2LP + LP-booklet & as Digital album, and includes all the bonus tracks from this era, as well as newly shot artwork & liner notes from Devin.
Pre-order here.
Devin comments: “As I move into a new phase of my work, (one that requires the next two years to be spent writing and recording), I reflect on the Infinity album and the period it all happened in many ways. This was my first attempt at engineering and mixing an album, and without it, I wouldn’t have gotten where I am now on a technical level. It was like going to college at the time, and although it is primitive in many ways, it also reminded me of the amount of passion it takes to reach a new level. The whole process during the making of this album was fraught with learning, turmoil, growth, and psychological development. In fact: I didn’t think at the time that I would even get through it, (let alone be here 25 years later writing and working with the hard-won experience that came as a direct result of making ‘Infinity’). I realize now how pivotal this period of expression was for me, and how it was a testament to tenacity in the long run. As such, I’m proud that we’ve decided to re-release the record with all the bonus tracks and personal artwork from that period in one place. I was even asked to do an updated version of the naked cover album cover (!!!) so in the name of authenticity… I did that too. I believe this to be the quintessential version of the record. It was a statement then as it is now. And for those who were there during that period as well as those who are perhaps interested in how it all began, I present to you ‘Infinity’ in an updated fashion. I’m grateful for the opportunity to release it in this light and thank you all for the support all these years. Please wish me luck as I delve into this next phase, and being able to reflect on ‘Infinity’ during the start of this process has proven to be very useful.”
Devin has remastered the original album, plus 7 bonus tracks including the songs from the Christeen EP (which appear here on vinyl for the first time). The audio has also been specifically mastered for the vinyl edition.
Tracklisting:
CD1:
"Truth"
"Christeen"
"Bad Devil"
"War"
"Soul Driven Cadillac"
"Ants"
"Wild Colonial Boy"
"Life Is All Dynamics"
"Unity"
"Noisy Pink Bubbles"
CD2:
"Om" (Demo)
"Sit In The Mountain" (Demo)
"Processional" (Demo)
"Love-Load" (Demo)
"Sister" (Live Acoustic)
"Hide Nowhere" (Live Acoustic)
"Man" (1996 Demo)
Devin and his band will tour Australia in November with support from Caligula’s Horse. For the full list of upcoming dates, head here.
