Empath

Album · Released 29 March 2019

Empath

A gentle choir, a harsh scream and a bright dance rhythm can all belong to the same song on Empath. Devin Townsend treats those sounds as different emotional possibilities, allowing them to interrupt and answer one another. The album is unpredictable, but its strongest passages are held together by a clear desire to turn confusion into connection. Castaway opens a calm space before Genesis begins moving through an extraordinary range of textures…