The second listen was much more enjoyable than the first listen. The first listen was like getting slapped in the face by random bits of genius and it was uncomfortable lol.
Yeah, I love everything he does but I’m struggling a bit with this new stuff. It’s happened before and the lightbulb eventually goes off but I’m a bit worried. I’m pretty confident the problem is me, not him.
Ever hear of a fella named Freddy Mercury? The Queen front man wrote a song for one cat, dedicated an album to a few others, and placed long-distance calls to his animals while on tour.
Don't you mean Disney cartoons? These new songs are light and fluffy. But to answer your question, there are no more epic movies, they'd all already been made years ago.
I think any other artist at this point would have would switched to doing reggae or dad rock (don't get me wrong, i love dad rock) but devin just gets more confused and more agnostic as the years go by that his music gets even more chaotic and holistic at the same time and it's a crazy mess. i appreciate him being him and being true to whats going on inside.
@@nocomment3600 yeah you know, that period of a rock artist's life, after he had kids and he's sorted out all the anger and rebellious angst and has a family now so he make more mellow tunes that reflect his current state of mind like steely dan's "aja" and paul simon's "graceland".
The song starts in 2/4 times before moving to 5/4 double time. But the first 4 beats of the 5/4 double time minic the 2/4 structure thus completely disguising the time change until well after it happened. Holy moly, I had to listen to the song like 10 times before I figured that out. Sheer genius. In just the first minute of the song, he moves from 2/4 time, to 5/4 double time twice, then to 4/4 and the 3/4 choral section. My brain is in a state of intense euphoria.
It's really more like 5/8. So in the beginning, we get four bars of 2/4 and then four bars of 5/8, and then the same thing repeated. But later on during the lead up to the "chorus", if you can call it that, it gets a little different, where instead of four bars of 2/4 and four bars of 5/8, we get three bars of 2/4 then three bars of 5/8, then it repeats but does three bars of 2/4 and four bars of 5/8. Then in the actual chorus, it's back to the same pattern as the intro, with four bars of 2/4 plus four bars of 5/8. Very interesting choice. Also very interesting is that the 5/8 uses strong beats on 1 and 3 (so you'd count it like ONE two THREE four five, or ONE two ONE two three), which is relatively less common in my experience than strong beats on 1 and 4 (ONE two three FOUR five, or ONE two three ONE two), so despite me being pretty familiar with odd time signatures, this one still throws me for a loop a little bit because my brain doesn't normally expect 5/8 to have that pattern. Love this song!
@@AdvertisingGiant Not sure where you learned that, but it's entirely wrong. That's not how time signatures work. The top number represents how many "beats" there are in each measure, while the bottom number represents which kind of note counts as the "beat" in a measure. So for a basic example, 4/4. You get 4 beats in each measure, and you count quarter notes as the beat, so 4 quarter notes per measure. Similarly, 2/4 would be 2 quarter notes per measure. Following this logic, 5/4 just means you have 5 quarter notes per measure. For an example of a well-known song in 5/4, check out Money by Pink Floyd. Having said that, I still maintain that this song by Devin doesn't actually use 5/4. But your explanation is definitely not correct.
@@AdvertisingGiant Actually, a time signature is not a fraction. The top number is the number of beats in a measure and the bottom denotes the symbol given a whole beat, so 5/4 time says there are 5 beats per measure and a quarter note receives a single beat. So 5/4 is absolutely a real time signature. You could also choose to transcribe it as 5/2 double time which would keep everything as quarter notes. 2/4 5/4 looks like Q-Q H-H-Q, 2/4 5/2 looks like Q-Q Q-Q-Q-Q-Q. 5/8 would be a mess because it would change both the time signature and the beat delimitation.
Little known fact: Bowie's eyes were the same colour. One pupil was permanently dilated due to trauma at a young age, giving the illusion of different coloured eyes.
I want to live in a parallel universe where Devin is President of the world, or is acknowledged as the greatest rock star in the world, or is my father, or guitar tutor… the possibilities are infinite!
I get strong Infinity vibes from this and Genesis, like in the backing electronics, the overall cadence, and the vocals somewhat. It definitely has the feel of Devin making exactly what he wants. I'm excited, I can't wait to hear what the rest of the album sounds like. I really hope he did some songs like 'Flight' or 'Moon' off of Casualties, or like 'A Monday' 'Demon League' or 'Lady Helen' off of Ki.
This song definitely requires a few listens (Especially with some good headphones!) to unwrap and digest properly. I hear so many beautiful sounds and melodies in the background and seem to find new parts on each listen through and through... The melding of the Elektra choir and Devins voice coming in and out during specific lyrics may not be intentional, but is an example of how much Devin can tap into a persons spectrum of the mind and each others own experiences. What may be confusion to some can be absolutely majestic to others.... This is majestic to me. Peace to you...
@@6sic666666 Lol. Reading back on it I see why you would say that. Lets just say this song speaks volumes to me and has come out at the right time in this period of my life. Devocybin Tobensis
Ice Under The Sun people don’t know devin Townsend makes music meant for psychedelics. People praise tool which is fine because they’re a great band but devin is a hidden gem. The album ghost is a masterpiece tripping to.
@@6sic666666 I share the same sentiment about Ghost. Was and still is a reflective out of body experience tripping or not. How many times I've gotten "How about a body at moonlight?" go through my head....He is certainly my favorite artist and inspiration these days.
true fucking that! best trip of my life was mushrooms and Ghost. I don't think he purposely makes music to trip to anymore it's just a side effect of the impact his psychedelic experiences had on him and how great he is at articulating those experiences. Ever since Infinity his best albums are the ones where he taps back into tripping mindsets and this album sounds like its gonna be a prime example @@6sic666666
Yeah, quite a few of his last albums have had that same effect on me. They don't resonate with me a whole lot until my subconscious has had a few nights for them to really set in, then it's "all systems go"
Yep, I finally get why he's been calling this his Magnum Opus. I didn't think it was likely that he could top his previous works. it's reminiscent for me off Addiction and Epicloud, but new and fun and serious and light and heavy
@@Celatra Yup I agree. ZTO just did everything right though. It perfectly captured the loneliness of space travel on the captain's journey, Ziltoid's emotions in his might in the first few songs, followed by in his actual helplessness in the final 2. I think z2 was good too, but the story was too 'jokey' for me.
Some might be confused by the stock images and major quality differences in each scene of this video. The reason it looks this way is due to this being part of a rough cut of an entire movie that will accompany the whole album. Devin mentions it in this tweet: twitter.com/dvntownsend/status/1106099302273814528
starship: checked cat: checked Devin's discography: checked May the journey begin! we will cross the most blue oceans and meet the most incredible creatures! Our destination: JUPITER! Mr. Townsend, please: SPEED LIGHT !!!
Chorus] I am I am I I will return always I am I am I I will return always [Verse 1] I am reminded now of all the years gone by No use in crying now, it's time to say goodbye Turn the page on all we are Always searching Turn the page on all we were Always searching Always searching All now be as one! [Verse 2] Hey my dear, the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind Cage my fear, Elektra is here, the truth of your mind and the words of the vine 'Cause I wish you would get it right too, so we pray to the gods 'cause it's time you arrived [Chorus] I am I am I I will return always I am I am I I will return always [Bridge] Follow emotions? Dumb Slowly we grow the second wave But the northern people like it cold So raise your glasses to the underworld (See ya) So what are we doing tonight? (Watching universes collide) Collide Collide That's why we're singing [Verse 3] Hey my dear, the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind I hope you will show me right through the prayer from the goddess of infinite light And I won't wait or fear the mistakes we learned in our youth, now it's time to arrive [Pre-Chorus] I must learn from this reality if I intend to awake And though I travel through the infinite, I will return always [Chorus] I am I am I I will return always I am I am I I will return always
Have to listen again and again, but for now, I just hear Devin Townsend trying to do some Devin Townsend, with a bit of Devin Townsend in it. Don't get me wrong, I could die for his music, but... I have to listen this song again...
Yeah, hearing it with the video was my second time. Still not sure what I think about it, lol. I can tell this album is going to be amazing, and a real head scratcher.
He was checking phone so hard he managed to go through space and crash on planet. He was checking phone for like 5 million years. Didn't age single day. 5 million years just phone zombie. I'm sorry but what? I'm getting huge doubts here that this document is not accurate or should be taken seriously.
I feel it's very similar in tone and structure (if we can call it that) to Genesis, tiny bit more focused. And like Genesis, I just can't get it out of my head. So much stuff to parse, props to Nolly for making everything so clear and dynamic. But man, that's some epic wild shit. Few more days....
But I don't understand... there's the video on the official channel, why publishing it on this channel again (and stealing visualizations to the owner!?)
Im new to Devin, i agree with people about having to listen a few times and having time to digest the music. The music does something to my chest, i think its happiness. Great work again Devy!
It was for me easier to get into Genesis than this one, but after listening to it some times (specially when i was finally home and not over crappy headphones) i get deep into it. But i think, the Genesis video helped me a lot to get into Genesis, this Music Video isnt as good directed i think, to much random stuff that disturbed my focus, so listen to Evermore without watching the Video helped me a lot to get into it, with Genesis it was the opposide. I cant wait to listen to the hole record five days from now on without influence from the music Videos!
I feel like between Devin Townsend, Steven Wilson and Opeth the entire spectrum of progressive is covered... There really doesn't need to be anymore done. They do it so well too, I used to be in an progressive band but now I think I might as well just make acoustic music since that is another one of my passions.
The first listen was a little too much, but with visuals the sudden changes make more sense, to me at least. I wonder if it would be the same for other complex Devin songs.
Lyrics: I am reminded now of all the years gone by No use in crying now, it's time to say goodbye Turn the page on all we are Always searching Turn the page on all we were Always searching... Always searching... All now be as one Hey my dear the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind! Cage my fear, Elektra is here, the truth of your mind and the words of the vine I wish you would get it right too, so we pray to the gods cause it's time you arrived I AM I AM I I will return always I AM I AM I I will return awake 'Follow emotions?! ...Dumb.' Slowly we grow the second wave, but the northern people like it cold So raise your glasses to the underworld! (See ya...) So what are we doing tonight? (WATCHING UNIVERSES COLLIDE!) Hey my dear the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind! I hope you will show me right through the prayer from the goddess of infinite light And I won't wait or fear the mistakes we learned in our youth now it's time for us to arrive I must learn from this reality if I intend to awake And though I travel through the infinite, I will return always! I AM I AM I I will return always I AM I AM I I will return awake
I'm a very new fan...whatever I was expecting after finding "Stormbending", this was not it. What is going on in this mans head? I like it all the same, though.
Here are the lyrics ! As given by the Devin men himself on Twitter, in a way to show his infinite glory and generosity towards us, humans. Long live the fart king! He added also that "I often refine lyrics for a fair mount of time after they’re sung. Sometimes words feel better to sing than read properly, so text is often different, but the intention is what is important I guess" I will edit them later, cause they are not parfekt. Enjoy Lyrics I am reminded now of all the years gone by No use in trying now, it's time to say goodbye Turn the page in all we are Always searching Turn the page in all we are Always searching... Always searching... All now be as one Hey my dear the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind! Cage my fear, Elektra is here, the truth of your mind and the words of the vine Cause I wish you would get right too, so we pray the gods cause it’s time you arrived I AM I AM I I will return always I AM I AM I I will return awake "Follow emotions?!... Dumb." Slowly we grow the second wave, but the northern people like it cold. So raise your glasses to the underworld (See ya...) So what are we doing tonight? (WATCHING UNIVERSES COLLIDE!) Hey my dear the way you feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind I hope you will show me right through the prayer from the goddess of infinite light And I won't wait or fear the mistakes we learned in our youth now it's time to arrive I must learn from this reality if I intend to awake And though I travel through the infinite, I will return always! (any change you want me to make, just tell me)
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An Absolute honor to have been able to be a part of this.
I'm totally in love with your strapping young cat, thank you! 😄💗
Kudos to you dude! Another sub earned.
Saw your nod to Joel in there, you can't hide!
Space visuals look cool, it inspires my own space art for a special cosmic video game I'm making!!
i read "horror" and thought but why, devin is a very good musician 🤔
Those Gojira boys have been talking to Devy about whales again haven’t they?
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NOW I CAN SEE THE WHALES
@@jesusstaccato8448 LOOMING OUT OF THE DAAAAAAAARRRKK
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LIKE ARROWS IN THE SKY
Devin has officially become his own genre.
Guy 1: ”Hey did you hear this new Devin Townsend track?’
Guy 2: ”Never heard of the guy, what type of music does he make?”
Guy 1: *sweats nervously*
lil water pump Guy #2: here to chill with you
Genre : Devin Townsend
Nothing compares. He's out of this world. 🚀
Devy Metal.
My daughters always ask me to put the “space kitty” song on in the car. I oblige them.
Space Kitty should have his own cartoon series.
So, basically, don't use your phone while you pilot a spaceship
Dude was browsing r/progmetal
Especially if you are cat.
Solid advice.
Don't space-navigate and text, guys!
he loved vinesauce i see xD
Anyone who is interested in this cd please buy it so Devin can continue making this type of music.
yeah I heard he went over budget making this masterpiece and is kinda concerned he will sell enough - he got my money - this is brilliant stuff
Already got it. Absolutely have to support the smaller bands or they wont be able continue
I got it on torrents
I ordered it up yesterday. Now for the wait...
Buy one for a friend too, do a good deed, or shatter their fragile mind.
Interviewer: Devin, what genre do you play?
Devin: indeed.
Fetid!
Yessssss......
Patrick Huber I love how it's not just yes. Devin is so sophisticated he says indeed 😂😂😂
They hide their finest catnip, prepare the attack!
Disney metal. Kiddie metal prog. He's sold out basically.
The second listen was much more enjoyable than the first listen. The first listen was like getting slapped in the face by random bits of genius and it was uncomfortable lol.
Yea, so much to process on the first listen to these new songs, but gets better every time.
Didn't help I tried to listen to it at like 5:45am, 2 minutes after waking up. Brain couldn't handle it!
Genesis is even crazier, yet I enjoyed it more than this, that being said, I still really love Evermore.
Right. After first listen I thought it was alright. Now I love it!
Yeah, I love everything he does but I’m struggling a bit with this new stuff. It’s happened before and the lightbulb eventually goes off but I’m a bit worried. I’m pretty confident the problem is me, not him.
Can't tell if Dev has finally lost it, or if he has it more together than ever. Either way, I want this album immediately.
💯
Those are one and the same for Devy
Factz! He has either lost it.. or he has found it.. I'm not sure which LOL
This is now a new metal sub-genre : "Progressive Dev Metal"
Does it Djent?
More like does it Dev?
@@chrisheimva4857 and it definitely *_D E V S_*
Devy Metal
Rock on ? Pffff.... *DEV ON*
You had me at prog metal
I mean of course it has animated cat flying space ship! Its Devin Townsend
I'm shocked it took this long, honestly.
I mean, of course it would be animated and not REAL cat flying a spaceship
@@avivrogovski1742 The cat meow sample makes up for it though
I’m so happy seeing Zeurel work with Dev, two amazing talents
I KNEW IT! Thought I recognized that animation style.
skilled, not talented
Who can put an Odd-eyed cat in a spaceship and send it to a planet of stock videos and bad CGI and still make an artwork out of it better than Dev?
Excellent music can turn a bad video clip into art. ^^
Amen.
two different colored eyes is called heterochromia. Its somewhat common in kitties.
Mike Mitchell you are somewhat common in kittens. Nerd.
Show me a better relationship than Devin and cats, I'll wait
Ziltoid and coffee
Telescopes and homosexuality
Gojira and whales.
Me and spiders
Ever hear of a fella named Freddy Mercury? The Queen front man wrote a song for one cat, dedicated an album to a few others, and placed long-distance calls to his animals while on tour.
It's like Interstellar, but directed by Devin
How has Hollywood not called this man to write scores for epic films?
Don't you mean Disney cartoons? These new songs are light and fluffy.
But to answer your question, there are no more epic movies, they'd all already been made years ago.
Devin's too good for Hollywood, the Poozers will call him first to orchestrate the conquer of the universe
Hollywood is a cancerous factory of washed out dribble so I would rather not
Maybe it's because Dev doesn't wanna work for anyone but himself? It could be as simple as that
I read Flash Gordon is getting a remake. Somebody make this marriage happen.
My cat ran away. I grieved. My shuffle put this tune on... and the Space Cat said "I will return!! Always!!" ... and he did. Blessed tune.
1:34 Vargshroom. Is the animator a Joel fan? :D
He did some Joel fan animations, yeah :D
Look up "Zeurel" on RUclips
I thought that was him on the animation! This is kind of blowing my mind.
@@youdonegoofed Ah, that guy.. weird that I didn't recognize his style.
Red Vox should support Devin if he goes to NY lol
@@runaklem4428 Joel is not a part of Red Vox though?
I think any other artist at this point would have would switched to doing reggae or dad rock (don't get me wrong, i love dad rock) but devin just gets more confused and more agnostic as the years go by that his music gets even more chaotic and holistic at the same time and it's a crazy mess. i appreciate him being him and being true to whats going on inside.
Dad rock?
@@nocomment3600 yeah you know, that period of a rock artist's life, after he had kids and he's sorted out all the anger and rebellious angst and has a family now so he make more mellow tunes that reflect his current state of mind like steely dan's "aja" and paul simon's "graceland".
@@matanm6829 you'd think having kids would make you angrier.
@@jacoblevenson7934 100% agreed. not for everyone, especially me!
*Gnostic
Thank you Chad for convincing Dev to not compromise 🤘
Shadow Mantra Steve Really want to hear the song Chad appears on.
Can't wait to hear the Chad/Devin death metal song.
*"COMPROMISE BABY!"*
- Random Analysis.
that guitar clinic was pure gold from start to finish!
Bless Chad.
Welcome to Subnautica, kitty.
*Godspeed*
The song starts in 2/4 times before moving to 5/4 double time. But the first 4 beats of the 5/4 double time minic the 2/4 structure thus completely disguising the time change until well after it happened. Holy moly, I had to listen to the song like 10 times before I figured that out. Sheer genius. In just the first minute of the song, he moves from 2/4 time, to 5/4 double time twice, then to 4/4 and the 3/4 choral section. My brain is in a state of intense euphoria.
Thank you for telling us! I am not as able to figure these things out, but it touches me the same way
It's really more like 5/8. So in the beginning, we get four bars of 2/4 and then four bars of 5/8, and then the same thing repeated. But later on during the lead up to the "chorus", if you can call it that, it gets a little different, where instead of four bars of 2/4 and four bars of 5/8, we get three bars of 2/4 then three bars of 5/8, then it repeats but does three bars of 2/4 and four bars of 5/8. Then in the actual chorus, it's back to the same pattern as the intro, with four bars of 2/4 plus four bars of 5/8. Very interesting choice. Also very interesting is that the 5/8 uses strong beats on 1 and 3 (so you'd count it like ONE two THREE four five, or ONE two ONE two three), which is relatively less common in my experience than strong beats on 1 and 4 (ONE two three FOUR five, or ONE two three ONE two), so despite me being pretty familiar with odd time signatures, this one still throws me for a loop a little bit because my brain doesn't normally expect 5/8 to have that pattern.
Love this song!
@@Boomer.Roberts just before second chorus it sounds like you can measure it in 16 . In half becomes polyrhythmic ...
Or maybe just my imagination :-?
@@AdvertisingGiant Not sure where you learned that, but it's entirely wrong. That's not how time signatures work. The top number represents how many "beats" there are in each measure, while the bottom number represents which kind of note counts as the "beat" in a measure. So for a basic example, 4/4. You get 4 beats in each measure, and you count quarter notes as the beat, so 4 quarter notes per measure. Similarly, 2/4 would be 2 quarter notes per measure. Following this logic, 5/4 just means you have 5 quarter notes per measure. For an example of a well-known song in 5/4, check out Money by Pink Floyd.
Having said that, I still maintain that this song by Devin doesn't actually use 5/4. But your explanation is definitely not correct.
@@AdvertisingGiant Actually, a time signature is not a fraction. The top number is the number of beats in a measure and the bottom denotes the symbol given a whole beat, so 5/4 time says there are 5 beats per measure and a quarter note receives a single beat. So 5/4 is absolutely a real time signature. You could also choose to transcribe it as 5/2 double time which would keep everything as quarter notes. 2/4 5/4 looks like Q-Q H-H-Q, 2/4 5/2 looks like Q-Q Q-Q-Q-Q-Q. 5/8 would be a mess because it would change both the time signature and the beat delimitation.
A vargskelethor joel reference!!??
I can't believe my eyse
Animator does stuff for Joel and vinny
I am so utterly, hopelessly in love with this kitty cat
That’s a strapping young cat
Is the multi-coloured eye astronaut cat a reference to Ziggy or Major Tom(Cat)
=D?
Hope so)
my thoughts too . could also be a nod to the film the man who fell to earth staring Bowie
Little known fact: Bowie's eyes were the same colour. One pupil was permanently dilated due to trauma at a young age, giving the illusion of different coloured eyes.
Major TOM YESSS
There actually is an expensive cat breed that has one blue and one green eye. Saw on you tube.
It's gonna be a great Friday; there is nothing like new Devin music. How can something be so serious and brutal yet playful and fun?
1:38 Ziltoid has left the chat.
Indeeeeeeeed!
He was in and out like the wind **Fart**
Looking sexier than usual
luser1: "brb making a coffee"
*Ziltoid has joined the server*
Ziltoid: "Did somebody say...coffee?"
Coffee is goodness.
"In the long run, these things make a Ziltoidian a Ziltoidian."
5:36 I hate this part
so planet fear is earth?
Devin's been playing too much No Man's Sky.
I want to live in a parallel universe where Devin is President of the world, or is acknowledged as the greatest rock star in the world, or is my father, or guitar tutor… the possibilities are infinite!
Another masterpiece! I really can't wait to listen to the whole album, this is mindblowing!
I get strong Infinity vibes from this and Genesis, like in the backing electronics, the overall cadence, and the vocals somewhat. It definitely has the feel of Devin making exactly what he wants. I'm excited, I can't wait to hear what the rest of the album sounds like. I really hope he did some songs like 'Flight' or 'Moon' off of Casualties, or like 'A Monday' 'Demon League' or 'Lady Helen' off of Ki.
Reconstruction.
necroplastful Perfectly sums up how I feel thus far about what I’ve heard.
I don't even know if I want to pet a kitten or to conquer the universe right now.
This song definitely requires a few listens (Especially with some good headphones!) to unwrap and digest properly. I hear so many beautiful sounds and melodies in the background and seem to find new parts on each listen through and through...
The melding of the Elektra choir and Devins voice coming in and out during specific lyrics may not be intentional, but is an example of how much Devin can tap into a persons spectrum of the mind and each others own experiences. What may be confusion to some can be absolutely majestic to others....
This is majestic to me.
Peace to you...
Ice Under The Sun type of psychedelics are you on?! Lol
@@6sic666666 Lol. Reading back on it I see why you would say that. Lets just say this song speaks volumes to me and has come out at the right time in this period of my life. Devocybin Tobensis
Ice Under The Sun people don’t know devin Townsend makes music meant for psychedelics. People praise tool which is fine because they’re a great band but devin is a hidden gem. The album ghost is a masterpiece tripping to.
@@6sic666666 I share the same sentiment about Ghost. Was and still is a reflective out of body experience tripping or not. How many times I've gotten "How about a body at moonlight?" go through my head....He is certainly my favorite artist and inspiration these days.
true fucking that! best trip of my life was mushrooms and Ghost. I don't think he purposely makes music to trip to anymore it's just a side effect of the impact his psychedelic experiences had on him and how great he is at articulating those experiences. Ever since Infinity his best albums are the ones where he taps back into tripping mindsets and this album sounds like its gonna be a prime example @@6sic666666
Devin is love, Devin is life.
My favorite musician/artist by far.
I really wanna see Ziltoid animated in that cat's style now~
2:38 best lyric! Best video EVER! Devin, you fulfill everything in this womans metal heart. What would we do without you?
MEOW! \m/ >_< \m/
I can't believe they got an actual sea monster for this video, Devin is amazing.
One thing about this Covid insanity is that more people are being exposed to Devi's music due to his free concerts.
I liked Genesis a bit better, but that one grew on me over time. This probably will too. Yay Dev!
Yeah, quite a few of his last albums have had that same effect on me. They don't resonate with me a whole lot until my subconscious has had a few nights for them to really set in, then it's "all systems go"
thats the usual case with devin :)
Over time = 7 hours?
As a 'song' this is much more cohesive than Genesis, I like both
I confirm. Listened to it 10 time today. Addicted. its 2:00 am in Norway right now. Am screeming I AM I AM constantly in my appartment
Devin has done it again, this man is a genius & musical GOD...
Holy heck I'm going to be so obsessed with this entire album
Devin is a god. He seems to get better with each album. Can't wait for this one!
Absolutely! This guy can't be a normal human being! :)
Best wishes devinian brother. Dev bless you.
To be honest, I do prefer "The Devin Townsend Band" more than todays albums. Synchestra is gold
I can't even put in words how amazed I am when I hear his music, then see his interviews and he's cool/funny/nerdy...im fan boying..I'll stop
He is Dev-ine!
Did I just watch an episode of Death, Love, and Robots?
Don't insult Devin like that...
Is that the same Planet Fear from Casualties of Cool? Holy cow.
Dev transmediates the piss out of his own work. Not sure if it was his idea or someone on his team but it's fucking brilliant
so we now have classic rock ,rock,metal ,heavy metal,black metal,death metal,djent.......and now Devvy ........awesome.
Yep, I finally get why he's been calling this his Magnum Opus. I didn't think it was likely that he could top his previous works. it's reminiscent for me off Addiction and Epicloud, but new and fun and serious and light and heavy
It's far more light than heavy.
Pretty sure his magnum opus is Ziltoid The Omniscient
@@zerohawkman sky blue and z2 are also really good
I feel like it's more like Deconstruction but pushed further in both directions
@@Celatra Yup I agree. ZTO just did everything right though. It perfectly captured the loneliness of space travel on the captain's journey, Ziltoid's emotions in his might in the first few songs, followed by in his actual helplessness in the final 2. I think z2 was good too, but the story was too 'jokey' for me.
Everyone: love this rock music!
Me: hehe cute space cat
the more often you listen to this song, the better it gets
What an amazing artist, he out did himself with this album. ❤️❤️❤️
SPACE KITTEN AND ZILTOID NEED TO BE BEST FRIENDS RIGHT FUCKING NOOOOOW!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Devin Townsend is a f--kin' Genius....🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
jason thomas you’re allowed to say fuck on RUclips
@@IWatchYouFromAfarOfficial ....lol I know, its good to be different....wishing you good health and happiness 🤘🤘🤘
5:02 music and visuals are perfectly fitted , brilliant.
I like this song, but I REALLY liked that part. I wish it either could've lasted longer, or I could find similar music as crushing.
I AMMMMM
I AMMMMM
I
I WILL
RETURN
ALWAYS
might be my new favorite Devin megaclimax. so good.
This album and video journey is going to be Sick.
Some might be confused by the stock images and major quality differences in each scene of this video. The reason it looks this way is due to this being part of a rough cut of an entire movie that will accompany the whole album. Devin mentions it in this tweet: twitter.com/dvntownsend/status/1106099302273814528
starship: checked
cat: checked
Devin's discography: checked
May the journey begin! we will cross the most blue oceans and meet the most incredible creatures!
Our destination: JUPITER!
Mr. Townsend, please: SPEED LIGHT !!!
My 4 month old son thought this video was the most amazing thing ever. Keep being awesome Devin.
Not what I was hoping for, but definitely what I was expecting.
agree...
HOLY SHIT @VARGSKELTHOR REFERENCE AT 1:35
Everything this dude touches just turns to gold, I swear.
I bet Devin wishes that were true! Heard him say several times, prog metal doesn't pay very well... Too bad! He's a metalized Danny Elfman...
Have watched this video many times. I desperately want a space kitty show. Adult Swim?
Chorus]
I am I am I
I will return always
I am I am I
I will return always
[Verse 1]
I am reminded now of all the years gone by
No use in crying now, it's time to say goodbye
Turn the page on all we are
Always searching
Turn the page on all we were
Always searching
Always searching
All now be as one!
[Verse 2]
Hey my dear, the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind
Cage my fear, Elektra is here, the truth of your mind and the words of the vine
'Cause I wish you would get it right too, so we pray to the gods 'cause it's time you arrived
[Chorus]
I am I am I
I will return always
I am I am I
I will return always
[Bridge]
Follow emotions?
Dumb
Slowly we grow the second wave
But the northern people like it cold
So raise your glasses to the underworld (See ya)
So what are we doing tonight? (Watching universes collide)
Collide
Collide
That's why we're singing
[Verse 3]
Hey my dear, the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind
I hope you will show me right through the prayer from the goddess of infinite light
And I won't wait or fear the mistakes we learned in our youth, now it's time to arrive
[Pre-Chorus]
I must learn from this reality if I intend to awake
And though I travel through the infinite, I will return always
[Chorus]
I am I am I
I will return always
I am I am I
I will return always
is the cat a nod to Bowie green and blue eyes in a space ship ? major tom cat ?
Sounds like humor right up Day's alley.
Alley cat humor
Have to listen again and again, but for now, I just hear Devin Townsend trying to do some Devin Townsend, with a bit of Devin Townsend in it. Don't get me wrong, I could die for his music, but... I have to listen this song again...
Yeah, hearing it with the video was my second time. Still not sure what I think about it, lol. I can tell this album is going to be amazing, and a real head scratcher.
deconstruction + epicloud = Epi-struction? De-cloud?
A little bit of Ziltoid in there too.
Love this! I can’t explain how excited I am for the new Devin album 😁😁😁😁
Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys would love this
Deeeeeeecent!
Nickelback has really evolved their sound.
WAT?!?! THEY SOUND NOTHING LIKE DEVIN TOWNSEND REEEEEEEEE!!!!
Heh it's a joke Dev used once back in SYL days. He started a show at the Astoria saying "Hi we're Nickelback from Canada"
He was checking phone so hard he managed to go through space and crash on planet. He was checking phone for like 5 million years. Didn't age single day. 5 million years just phone zombie.
I'm sorry but what? I'm getting huge doubts here that this document is not accurate or should be taken seriously.
Unimaginably Mindblowing
Was that Ziltoid on Tinder?
Evermore > Rick & Morty and Final Space.
Don't @ me.
Objectivelly right.
Wait wtf I thought this guy was Progressive Metal
Edit: I get it now
I feel it's very similar in tone and structure (if we can call it that) to Genesis, tiny bit more focused. And like Genesis, I just can't get it out of my head. So much stuff to parse, props to Nolly for making everything so clear and dynamic. But man, that's some epic wild shit. Few more days....
0B ZEN whilst I'm sure Nolly helped here he wouldn't be who I credit with the sound of this record...
@@GRANKOR yeah Nolly was the one who kinda killed Transcendence with the loud ass drums
Yes , but usually Genesis is more gloomy .
This sounds almost like 80's disco !!!
But I don't understand... there's the video on the official channel, why publishing it on this channel again (and stealing visualizations to the owner!?)
Devin is the best composer working today, fucking excellent. I haven't been this excited for a new album in a long time.
Looks like Empath will be the album I'll make listen to anyone asking what happens in a brain when you've got ADHD.
Lets hear it for SPACE KITTEH!
Are we just gonna not talk about why Ziltoid is on space Tinder?
Im new to Devin, i agree with people about having to listen a few times and having time to digest the music. The music does something to my chest, i think its happiness. Great work again Devy!
It was for me easier to get into Genesis than this one, but after listening to it some times (specially when i was finally home and not over crappy headphones) i get deep into it. But i think, the Genesis video helped me a lot to get into Genesis, this Music Video isnt as good directed i think, to much random stuff that disturbed my focus, so listen to Evermore without watching the Video helped me a lot to get into it, with Genesis it was the opposide. I cant wait to listen to the hole record five days from now on without influence from the music Videos!
1:34 Joel?! I had to do a double take, hot damn that’s one connection I never thought I’d see!
I like a lot of stuff devin does but don't like this ,i'm sure i'll catch some shit for this comment but i have to be honest.
Holy heckie, my ‘uncle’ sent me here to show me why I should listen to Devin Townsend and now I understand why he was so hyped! 🤯🤯🤯
I was so rooting for space cat! Glad he survived Planet Death!
I feel like between Devin Townsend, Steven Wilson and Opeth the entire spectrum of progressive is covered... There really doesn't need to be anymore done. They do it so well too, I used to be in an progressive band but now I think I might as well just make acoustic music since that is another one of my passions.
Just saw him in Dublin last night. And he opened the night with this. Amazing way to hype the crowd
He opened with Borderlands, he played Evermore later in the set.
I arrived late I'll be honest with ya
The first listen was a little too much, but with visuals the sudden changes make more sense, to me at least. I wonder if it would be the same for other complex Devin songs.
I’m starting to see a trend with cats here
The astronaut cats starry eyed look perfectly exemplifies how I feel about this song 🤩
I guess by now it's a custom for me to write here once per year. Yes I still love the cat like crazy!
Lyrics:
I am reminded now of all the years gone by
No use in crying now, it's time to say goodbye
Turn the page on all we are
Always searching
Turn the page on all we were
Always searching...
Always searching...
All now be as one
Hey my dear the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind!
Cage my fear, Elektra is here, the truth of your mind and the words of the vine
I wish you would get it right too, so we pray to the gods cause it's time you arrived
I AM I AM I
I will return always
I AM I AM I
I will return awake
'Follow emotions?! ...Dumb.'
Slowly we grow the second wave, but the northern people like it cold
So raise your glasses to the underworld! (See ya...)
So what are we doing tonight? (WATCHING UNIVERSES COLLIDE!)
Hey my dear the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind!
I hope you will show me right through the prayer from the goddess of infinite light
And I won't wait or fear the mistakes we learned in our youth now it's time for us to arrive
I must learn from this reality if I intend to awake
And though I travel through the infinite, I will return always!
I AM I AM I
I will return always
I AM I AM I
I will return awake
I've watched this video at least once a week since it released. This is my favorite video ever
more.
thanks for that
Did the cat's phone have a vinesauce reference on it
I love the way the cat bobs his head.
Right?! It's just so darn cute
I'm a very new fan...whatever I was expecting after finding "Stormbending", this was not it. What is going on in this mans head? I like it all the same, though.
Just wait til you get to singularity....when you do, your going to want to be in bed.
THIS KITTY IS MY BEST FRIEND
Here are the lyrics
!
As given by the Devin men himself on Twitter, in a way to show his infinite glory and generosity towards us, humans. Long live the fart king!
He added also that "I often refine lyrics for a fair mount of time after they’re sung. Sometimes words feel better to sing than read properly, so text is often different, but the intention is what is important I guess"
I will edit them later, cause they are not parfekt. Enjoy
Lyrics
I am reminded now of all the years gone by
No use in trying now, it's time to say goodbye
Turn the page in all we are
Always searching
Turn the page in all we are
Always searching...
Always searching...
All now be as one
Hey my dear the way you must feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind!
Cage my fear, Elektra is here, the truth of your mind and the words of the vine
Cause I wish you would get right too, so we pray the gods cause it’s time you arrived
I AM I AM I
I will return always
I AM I AM I
I will return awake
"Follow emotions?!... Dumb."
Slowly we grow the second wave, but the northern people like it cold.
So raise your glasses to the underworld (See ya...)
So what are we doing tonight? (WATCHING UNIVERSES COLLIDE!)
Hey my dear the way you feel, the weight of this life is twisting your mind
I hope you will show me right through the prayer from the goddess of infinite light
And I won't wait or fear the mistakes we learned in our youth now it's time to arrive
I must learn from this reality if I intend to awake
And though I travel through the infinite, I will return always!
(any change you want me to make, just tell me)
Maybe in:
Turn the page in all we are
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on
I dunno, sounds like that