Devin Townsend’s Lightwork Release Delayed to November

Lightwork, the new album from Devin Townsend, has been delayed a week, due to manufacturing delays. The update was posted to Facebook:

“Due to an unforeseen manufacturing delay, the release of Devin’s new album ‘Lightwork’ has been moved back one week to the 4th November 2022.

“We are incredibly sorry about this, but hope you can wait just one more week to experience Devin’s brilliant new record. To tide fans over, expect a brand new track to drop in the next two weeks…”

When the album was announced in August, Townsend explained Lightwork as such:

“If you’re already familiar with what I do, Lightwork will probably then come as no surprise, though my hope (as always) is that you can enjoy these songs for what they are as opposed to what they aren’t. I find it easy to compare to the last album or any of the other work, but I always get reminded at the end that it was just a different set of circumstances that ultimately required a different approach. Figuring out that approach may be the whole point.

“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.

“Lightwork was difficult to make and as well, and it’s also been a struggle to decide on a single song that could summarize the whole experience. I typically write with a complete album in mind, so I feel any one song we release isn’t going to give a great overview as to what the album is supposed to be like.”

Total bummer about the delay, but that’s just the world we live in these days. At least it’s only a week.