Devin Townsend releases his brand-new studio album PowerNerd today. His 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.
To celebrate the launch of the new record, a video for the album’s third track, ‘Knuckledragger’, has been launched, featuring his current live band of Mike Keneally, Darby Todd & James Leach. Watch it now here:
Devin comments of the album & new track:
“Over the past few years, working on the Moth and a host of upcoming ‘complicated’ musical statements, I (as have many of us) have been constantly astounded by the levels of stupidity that seem to be much of what we’re presented in media and entertainment.
It inspired me to write ‘the dumbest song I could’ and I think to some degree I succeeded. This song has been polarizing in my personal circle. Some people seeing it for what it is, and some being confused by why I would write something like this.
What it is, however, is just a reaction to the dumb things I see everywhere and a reflection of that I guess.
And ‘beer’ in this regard is not necessarily referring to beer, but more anything that kind of takes the edge off. It’s different for everyone.
But in any case: I present to you the dumbest song I’ve ever written. Knuckledragger.
The record comes out today. I hope some of you can find moments in it that you can relate to and maybe it can be of some use :)”
Stream the singles and order the album here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/PowerNerd.
PowerNerd will be available on several different formats, including a Limited 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook (featuring the album, bonus tracks and Devin’s first ever Dolby Atmos mix), Limited 2CD Digipak in O-card, Standard CD, Gatefold LP & Digital Album.
The full tracklisting for PowerNerd is as follows:
1. PowerNerd
2. Falling Apart
3. Knuckledragger
4. Gratitude
5. Dreams of Light
6. Ubelia
7. Jainism
8. Younger Lover
9. Glacier
10. Goodbye
11. Ruby Quaker
