INTO THE MIND OF THE EMPATH
The eccentricity of Devin Townsend’s art makes him a favourite of those who like to… Erm, open their third eye with some ingestible assistance, so to speak, before they sit down to spin his tunes. But heed our warning: Empath is so anfractuous and unhinged that it’s almost guaranteed to send any good trip southward.
“To call the LP insane would be an understatement – lashings of guitars, synths, orchestration, drums and vocals clash and collide with a forceful and ferocious extremity. It can be a taxing listen at first, but somewhere along the line it all starts to click, and all the threads that Townsend sprawls across the record start to stitch up. You could say it’s avant garde, but at its core, Empath is an
