Lightwork

***Lightwork*** is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend, released on November 4, 2022. The album has been described by Devin as

a return to a "song oriented album", with "more traditional arrangements", after his latest releases (*Empath* and *The Puzzle*). Lyrically, the album addresses the struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic, while reflecting about the post-pandemic future.

For Lightwork, Devin decided to see what would happen if he included a producer (an experiment he has been excited to attempt for some time) to help guide this selection of material. He chose long-time friend GGGarth (Richardson) to help bring this idea to fruition, and through a difficult (but wonderful) process, the next Devin album have been delivered

## Track list

1. Moonpeople (4:44)
2. Lightwork (5:29)
3. Equinox (4:39)
4. Call of the Void (5:35)
5. Heartbreaker (7:00)
6. Dimensions (5:23)
7. Celestial Signals (5:12)
8. Heavy Burden (5:23)
9. Vacation (3:10)
10. Children of God (10:06)

**Lightwork: Deluxe Edition**

* 2xCD Digipak

**Lightwork: Ldt. Deluxe Edition**

* 2xCD Digipak
* Blu-ray Artbook

## Hevydevy.com

The name ‘Lightwork’ represents the music, as well as the act of creating music, as a kind of ‘light in the dark’ while trying to navigate the seemingly endless challenges that life can often present. When things seem like there’s no way out’ or that a situation becomes seemingly insurmountable, the connection to music, family, and creativity became a light in the dark that ended up in this wonderful album.

Hey all :) this is Devin. Welcome to my newest album ‘Lightwork’ The last few years have been a lot, and this is the music that I wrote during that time.

In essence, Lightwork is a bit more of a ‘song’ oriented album. A bit more direct and simpler than a lot of what I’ve been doing lately. After ‘Empath’ and ‘The Puzzle’, things kind of swung back in the direction of more traditional arrangements for Lightwork.

Lyrically, It kind of hints at the struggles of the last few years but with an eye on putting the pieces back together again.

We chose ‘Moonpeople’ as the first of three video releases from this project, The three videos share a theme, so I think that’ll work.

Moonpeople is the first song on Lightwork and acts as a sort of mission statement for the album. Post pandemic… kids are now teens… 50 years old, who am I now? Beyond any platitudes or delusions, who am I now that the smoke is clearing and what do I want to do, and who do I want to be, moving forward?

The term ‘Moonpeople’ in my mind, refers to those in society that kind of ‘watch’ things rather than being directly involved in it. Maybe the Moonpeople are more introverted rather than extroverted? In any case, it functions as a song on the album that will set the stage for the dynamic nature of the material that follows it.

Dev

xoxo

## Personnel

* Devin Townsend – guitar, bass guitar, vocals, synths
* Darby Todd – drums
* Morgan Ågren – additional drums
* Federico Paulovich – additional drums
* Diego Tejeida – additional keyboards
* Nathan Navarro – additional bass guitar
* Elektra Women's Choir – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden"), choir vocals
* Echo Picone – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden")
* Jonas Hellborg – additional bass guitar (on "Dimensions")
* Mike Keneally – guitar solo (on "Dimensions")
* Rhys Fulber – additional programming (on "Equinox)
* Hutch Hutchinson – bass guitar (on "Vacation")
* Joy Lapps – steel pan drums (on "Vacation")
* Ché Aimee Dorval – additional vocals
* Anneke van Giersbergen – additional vocals
* Aman Khosa – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden")
* Tanya Ghosh – additional vocals (on "Heavy Burden")
* Elizabeth Zharoff – additional choir vocals
* Tia Rose Maxfield – additional choir vocals
* Brian Diamond – additional choir vocals
* Ram Dass – voice sample (on "Lightworker")

### Technical and artwork personnel

* Gggarth – production, engineering
* Devin Townsend – production, mixing, engineering
* Troy Glessner – mixing assistant, mastering
* Nygel Asselin – mix setup, engineering
* John "Bandstack" Beatle Bailey – engineering
* Travis Smith – artwork, layout
* Paul Harries – photograph