THE_PUZZLE
Devin Townsend's The Puzzle Documentary
THE PUZZLE Promo #1
So what is ‘The Puzzle’? …well, its not technically my ‘new record’, its more a collaborative, multimedia art project that acts as a stopgap between Empath and the next record, ‘Lightwork’ (Due out in March of next year on Inside Out Records) The Puzzle includes 2 ‘soundtracks’ of sorts, (the highly orchestrated ‘Puzzle’ and the very chill ‘Snuggles’) along with a film, graphic novel, novel, and a huge amount of multimedia. It includes many artists (upwards of 50) that participated via Zoom during the pandemic and the experience gave me a chance to purge and be completely creatively free. As such, it is a stream of conscious, and very abstract collection of music that includes a narrative (in the form of a film) and is meant to be a documentation of what the pandemic felt like to me.
Im very proud of it, and I will be uploading some of Snuggles next. Note: it is *not* meant to be considered a normal ‘album’, it is truly a sprawling, complex, multimedia cathartic release that was inspired by the events of the last year and a half. Lightwork is much more in line with what Ive done in the past (Transcendence, Empath, Addicted, Ocean Machine etc) but Puzzle is very near to my heart. It includes so many of my friends and peers, and it has zero limits on it… its almost like ‘Puzzle and Snuggle’ are like a modern day ‘Devlab and Hummer’ (2 old albums of mine) but the difference being the levels of complexity this project included. Mixing it alone was a nightmare, let alone the film, the books, the box sets etc. (The box set is a hand numbered and signed piece of work that is limited to 1000 pieces).
Im sure this won’t be everybody’s cup of tea, and I would imagine the listeners who are more interested in ‘Kingdom’ or ‘Deadhead’ would be better suited to wait for Lightwork, (and I can appreciate that very much…) however, ‘The Puzzle’ has been my soundtrack for the last year and a half, and in keeping with the idea of making sure that what I am writing is authentic to what Im feeling, The Puzzle is essentially my documentation of the Pandemic and the world around it. It has been a very intense time, as Im sure you’d agree…
The other record, ‘Snuggles’ is meant to be something you listen to in order to feel better… Puzzle is chaos, Snuggles is calm. The whole project is meant to express that I think there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel we’ve been through. Keeping ourselves and our loved ones together during it all became the whole point.
Thank you for allowing me to continue to make uncompromised work during a time that may be arguably wiser not to =)
Dev
Devin’s own webstore carries the most products and operates out of The Netherlands: www.devintownsendshop.com
In the UK we have www.Omerch.eu carrying exclusive vinyl colours and a wide range of merch.
Our partner in North America is www.laserCD.com, also with some exclusive vinyl colours
In Finland we have our friends at www.levykauppax.fi, again with exclusive vinyl and a t-shirt to bundle with.
Australian store will likely follow soon!
Im very proud of it, and I will be uploading some of Snuggles next. Note: it is *not* meant to be considered a normal ‘album’, it is truly a sprawling, complex, multimedia cathartic release that was inspired by the events of the last year and a half. Lightwork is much more in line with what Ive done in the past (Transcendence, Empath, Addicted, Ocean Machine etc) but Puzzle is very near to my heart. It includes so many of my friends and peers, and it has zero limits on it… its almost like ‘Puzzle and Snuggle’ are like a modern day ‘Devlab and Hummer’ (2 old albums of mine) but the difference being the levels of complexity this project included. Mixing it alone was a nightmare, let alone the film, the books, the box sets etc. (The box set is a hand numbered and signed piece of work that is limited to 1000 pieces).
Im sure this won’t be everybody’s cup of tea, and I would imagine the listeners who are more interested in ‘Kingdom’ or ‘Deadhead’ would be better suited to wait for Lightwork, (and I can appreciate that very much…) however, ‘The Puzzle’ has been my soundtrack for the last year and a half, and in keeping with the idea of making sure that what I am writing is authentic to what Im feeling, The Puzzle is essentially my documentation of the Pandemic and the world around it. It has been a very intense time, as Im sure you’d agree…
The other record, ‘Snuggles’ is meant to be something you listen to in order to feel better… Puzzle is chaos, Snuggles is calm. The whole project is meant to express that I think there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel we’ve been through. Keeping ourselves and our loved ones together during it all became the whole point.
Thank you for allowing me to continue to make uncompromised work during a time that may be arguably wiser not to =)
Dev
Devin’s own webstore carries the most products and operates out of The Netherlands: www.devintownsendshop.com
In the UK we have www.Omerch.eu carrying exclusive vinyl colours and a wide range of merch.
Our partner in North America is www.laserCD.com, also with some exclusive vinyl colours
In Finland we have our friends at www.levykauppax.fi, again with exclusive vinyl and a t-shirt to bundle with.
Australian store will likely follow soon!
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THE PUZZLE Promo #1
So what is ‘The Puzzle’? …well, its not technically my ‘new record’, its more a collaborative, multimedia art project that acts as a stopgap between Empath and the next record, ‘Lightwork’ (Due out in March of next year on Inside Out Records) The Puzzle includes 2 ‘soundtracks’ of sorts, (the highly orchestrated ‘Puzzle’ and the very chill ‘Snuggles’) along with a film, graphic novel, novel, and a huge amount of multimedia. It includes many artists (upwards of 50) that participated via Zoom during the pandemic and the experience gave me a chance to purge and be completely creatively free. As such, it is a stream of conscious, and very abstract collection of music that includes a narrative (in the form of a film) and is meant to be a documentation of what the pandemic felt like to me.
Im very proud of it, and I will be uploading some of Snuggles next. Note: it is *not* meant to be considered a normal ‘album’, it is truly a sprawling, complex, multimedia cathartic release that was inspired by the events of the last year and a half. Lightwork is much more in line with what Ive done in the past (Transcendence, Empath, Addicted, Ocean Machine etc) but Puzzle is very near to my heart. It includes so many of my friends and peers, and it has zero limits on it… its almost like ‘Puzzle and Snuggle’ are like a modern day ‘Devlab and Hummer’ (2 old albums of mine) but the difference being the levels of complexity this project included. Mixing it alone was a nightmare, let alone the film, the books, the box sets etc. (The box set is a hand numbered and signed piece of work that is limited to 1000 pieces).
Im sure this won’t be everybody’s cup of tea, and I would imagine the listeners who are more interested in ‘Kingdom’ or ‘Deadhead’ would be better suited to wait for Lightwork, (and I can appreciate that very much…) however, ‘The Puzzle’ has been my soundtrack for the last year and a half, and in keeping with the idea of making sure that what I am writing is authentic to what Im feeling, The Puzzle is essentially my documentation of the Pandemic and the world around it. It has been a very intense time, as Im sure you’d agree…
The other record, ‘Snuggles’ is meant to be something you listen to in order to feel better… Puzzle is chaos, Snuggles is calm. The whole project is meant to express that I think there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel we’ve been through. Keeping ourselves and our loved ones together during it all became the whole point.
Thank you for allowing me to continue to make uncompromised work during a time that may be arguably wiser not to =)
Dev
Devin’s own webstore carries the most products and operates out of The Netherlands: www.devintownsendshop.com
In the UK we have www.Omerch.eu carrying exclusive vinyl colours and a wide range of merch.
Our partner in North America is www.laserCD.com, also with some exclusive vinyl colours
In Finland we have our friends at www.levykauppax.fi, again with exclusive vinyl and a t-shirt to bundle with.
Australian store will likely follow soon! -
SNUGGLES promo #1
…And here’s a bit of ‘Snuggles’ … the idea for this was that when things were at their darkest and most chaotic last winter, I felt like myself and lots of people I knew were struggling to keep balanced, so while Puzzle was meant to purge the chaos, Snuggles is meant as something that gets played during times of trauma or unhappiness. Finding some beauty amidst all the ugly became very important to me, and it took going through the dark of the whole Pandemic to find this.
It was done with the same wonderful group of people who did ‘Puzzle’ with me.
Thanks again for listening and thanks for not giving up.
Dev
Devin’s own webstore carries the most products and operates out of The Netherlands: www.devintownsendshop.com
In the UK we have www.Omerch.eu carrying exclusive vinyl colours and a wide range of merch.
Our partner in North America is www.laserCD.com, also with some exclusive vinyl colours
In Finland we have our friends at www.levykauppax.fi, again with exclusive vinyl and a t-shirt to bundle with.
Australian store will likely follow soon! -
Making THE PUZZLE Documentary – Part 1 of 5
Here’s part 1 of 5 of ‘Making The Puzzle’. A documentary of sorts that Devin made himself during the Puzzle’s recording period, giving you some insights into how The Puzzle and Snuggles came to be.
The Puzzle – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/szxvqyIFrzI
Snuggles – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/VOw6rz3FWUg
European Store: https://www.devintownsendshop.com
UK Store: https://www.omerch.com/shop/devintownsend
North American Store: https://www.laserCD.com
Australian Store: https://utopia.com.au/collections/devin-townsend-puzzle-snuggle
Finnish Store: https://www.levykauppax.fi -
Making THE PUZZLE Documentary – Part 2 of 5
Here’s part 2 of 5 of ‘Making The Puzzle’. A documentary of sorts that Devin made himself during the Puzzle’s recording period, giving you some insights into how The Puzzle and Snuggles came to be.
The Puzzle – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/szxvqyIFrzI
Snuggles – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/VOw6rz3FWUg
European Store: https://www.devintownsendshop.com
UK Store: https://www.omerch.com/shop/devintownsend
North American Store: https://www.laserCD.com
Australian Store: https://utopia.com.au/collections/devin-townsend-puzzle-snuggle
Finnish Store: https://www.levykauppax.fi -
Making THE PUZZLE Documentary – Part 3 of 5
Here’s part 3 of 5 of ‘Making The Puzzle’. A documentary of sorts that Devin made himself during the Puzzle’s recording period, giving you some insights into how The Puzzle and Snuggles came to be.
The Puzzle – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/szxvqyIFrzI
Snuggles – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/VOw6rz3FWUg
European Store: https://www.devintownsendshop.com
UK Store: https://www.omerch.com/shop/devintownsend
North American Store: https://www.laserCD.com
Australian Store: https://utopia.com.au/collections/devin-townsend-puzzle-snuggle
Finnish Store: https://www.levykauppax.fi -
Making THE PUZZLE Documentary – Part 4 of 5
Here’s part 4 of 5 of ‘Making The Puzzle’. A documentary of sorts that Devin made himself during the Puzzle’s recording period, giving you some insights into how The Puzzle and Snuggles came to be.
The Puzzle – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/szxvqyIFrzI
Snuggles – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/VOw6rz3FWUg
European Store: https://www.devintownsendshop.com
UK Store: https://www.omerch.com/shop/devintownsend
North American Store: https://www.laserCD.com
Australian Store: https://utopia.com.au/collections/devin-townsend-puzzle-snuggle
Finnish Store: https://www.levykauppax.fi -
The Puzzle & Snuggles Delayed…. Again! New release date is now set for December 3rd.
Sadly, news reached us that after the coloured vinyl and the box sets, the CD/BD digipaks are also delayed. The blame apparently lies with people putting up nice and shiny PVC flooring and new cable tubes in their homes causing more shortages of plastics around the world. Who knew these things could affect our album release! But alas… It is what it is. Devin explains a bit more about it in this video.
Pre-orders have been extended and can be found here:
European Store: www.devintownsendshop.com
UK Store: https://www.omerch.com/shop/devintownsend
North American Store: www.laserCD.com
Australian Store: https://utopia.com.au/colle…/devin-townsend-puzzle-snuggle
Finnish Store: www.levykauppax.fi
The Puzzle – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/szxvqyIFrzI
Snuggles – Audio Teaser #1 https://youtu.be/VOw6rz3FWUg