Contain Us

### Genre

Progressive metal, industrial metal, alternative metal, progressive rock, ambient, new-age

### Producer

Devin Townsend

***Contain Us*** is an 8-disc box set released by Canadian musician Devin Townsend on December 9, 2011. It sums all the significant material Townsend has done during 2007–2011 under the Devin Townsend Project moniker as part of the *Contain Us* quadrology. The idea of the box set was introduced by Townsend in 2009 when the first Devin Townsend Project album *Ki* was revealed. The name for the album comes from the song, Juno, in the lyrics, "contain us once again."

## Contents

The box set includes all four Devin Townsend Project albums in the quadrology, with *Deconstruction* and *Ghost* slightly remastered. The bonus disc section includes two CDs and two DVDs, consisting of both released and unreleased material. All the discs are housed inside the covers of a 64-page hardcover book. The book itself contains liner notes, promotional material and photography taken during Devin Townsend Project studio and live situations, all housed in a charcoal linen hardcover slipcase. The box set is limited to 5,000 copies worldwide, and 500 copies are shipped with a printed drawing signed by Townsend and a limited 10" clear vinyl including two unreleased songs.

## Track listing

All words and music by Devin Townsend unless otherwise noted.

### *Ki*

1. "A Monday" (1:43)
2. "Coast" (4:36)
3. "Disruptr" (5:49)
4. "Gato" (5:23)
5. "Terminal" (6:58) [Townsend, Young]
6. "Heaven's End" (8:54)
7. "Ain't Never Gonna Win" (3:17) [Townsend, Maxwell, Savoie, Young]
8. "Winter" (4:48)
9. "Trainfire" (5:59)
10. "Lady Helen" (6:05)
11. "Ki" (7:21)
12. "Quiet Riot" (3:02)
13. "Demon League" (2:55)

### *Addicted*

1. "Addicted!" (5:37)
2. "Universe in a Ball!" (4:09)
3. "Bend It Like Bender!" (3:37)
4. "Supercrush!" (5:13)
5. "Hyperdrive!" (3:36)
6. "Resolve!" (3:12)
7. "Ih-Ah!" (3:45)
8. "The Way Home!" (3:14) [Townsend, Waddell]
9. 'Numbered!" (4:55)
10. "Awake!!" (9:44)

### *Deconstruction*

1. "Praise the Lowered" (6:02)
2. "Stand" (9:36)
3. "Juular" (3:46)
4. "Planet of the Apes" (10:59)
5. "Sumeria" (6:37)
6. "The Mighty Masturbator" (16:28)
7. "Pandemic" (3:29)
8. "Deconstruction" (9:27)
9. "Poltergeist" (4:25)

### *Ghost*

1. "Fly" (4:15)
2. "Heart Baby" (5:55)
3. "Feather" (11:30)
4. "Kawaii" (2:52)
5. "Ghost" (6:24)
6. "Blackberry" (4:53)
7. "Monsoon" (4:37) [Townsend, Epple, Young]
8. "Dark Matters" (1:57)
9. "Texada" (9:30)
10. "Seams" (4:04)
11. "Infinite Ocean" (8:01) [Townsend, Young, St-Jean]
12. "As You Were" (8:47)

### *Stuff That Was Almost Stuff*

1. "Synchronicity Freaks" (2:09)
2. "Om-2011" (4:23)
3. "Catwalk" (3:53)
4. "Juno" (3:31)
5. "Ho Krll" (5:50)
6. "Radial Highway" (6:46)
7. "Watch You" (8:26)
8. "Traestorz" (19:21)
9. "Sticks and Stones" (6:02)

### *Stuff That Was Stuff Before It Was Finished Stuff*

1. "Coast (Demo)" (4:09)
2. "Disruptr (Demo)" (5:50)
3. "Gato Negro (Demo)" (4:55)
4. "Addicted (Demo)" (5:43)
5. "Numbered (Demo)" (4:38)
6. "Timmy (Awake demo)" (4:42)
7. "Stand (Demo)" (7:51)
8. "Juular (Demo)" (3:45)
9. "Brown Man" (2:31)
10. "Pandemic (Demo)" (3:30)
11. "Madd at My Dadd" (2:20)
12. "Flies (Fly demo)" (3:31)
13. "Call Management" (4:16)
14. "Freedom (Kawaii demo)" (3:49)
15. "Two Turntables and a Mike St-Jean (Kitchen Aid Mix)" (4:40)

### *Stuff For Your Eyes*

* Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, 2010 (Five songs)
* NAMM 2011 show (Six songs)
* "Coast" promo video
* "Bend It Like Bender!" promo video
* "Supercrush!" promo video
* "Juular" promo video

### *Stuff for the Holes in Your Head (Except Your Mouth)*

Data disc with both audio and video files.

* NAMM 2011 show (Audio file, six songs)
* Audio commentary for all four Devin Townsend Project albums
* Live in the USA, 2010 (Audio files, five songs)
* Make Your Own Mixes! ("Juular" and "Bend It Like Bender!" song stems as audio files for remixing)
* Devin Townsend's YouTube videos
* Deep Thoughts videos

### Bonus 10" vinyl

A: "Dinosaurs" (6:07)
B: "A Ziltoidian Rapture" (8:49)
## References

1. ↑ Blabbermouth.net: *Devin Townsend to Return This Summer With "Ki"*
2. ↑ Theprp.com: *The Devin Townsend Project's "Contain Us" Box Set Fully Detailed*
3. ↑ MetalSucks: *Specs on the Devin Townsend Project's Upcoming Box Set, Contain Us!!!*