Sep 17, 2026 · 28 min · 12 segments
The B-Side podcast episode discusses the album 'Lightwork' by Devin Townsend, exploring its impact on the host, his son, and his uncle. The album's unique sound, production, and emotional depth are…
All right, let's talk about how I got here.
And I'm going to give credit where credit is due.
I did not.
No shocker there.
My co-host Evil, who is a massive Devin Townsend fan, genuinely one of the most devoted fans, probably, put me onto an album of his about a decade ago.
I don't even remember the name.
I just remember there were crayons on the front and it was fucking badass.
That's not nothing.
You know, when someone whose musical taste you respect tells you that you need to hear something, you do.
You listen differently.
You go in with a different level of trust that you don't have when you stumble onto it.
And Evil, we have that kind of trust.
We have for years now, which is why the pod kind of works a little bit.
So when he told me to listen to Devin, I was ready to be convinced.
And I honestly was immediately.
Immediately.
Song one, I think the first 10 seconds from I remember, was it Guilty? The song was.
If you don't know Devon Townsend, we should explain something before we talk about Lightwork, because Lightwork without context is beautiful, it's warm, it's ambitious, it's progressive, it's a rock record.
Lightwork with context is one of the more surprising statements a musician has made in the last decade, I would say.
And context is kind of everything.
All right, let's talk about how I got here.
And I'm going to give credit where credit is due.
I did not.
No shocker there.
My co-host Evil, who is a massive Devin Townsend fan, genuinely one of the most devoted fans, probably, put me onto an album of his about a decade ago.
I don't even remember the name.
I just remember there were crayons on the front and it was fucking badass.
That's not nothing.
You know, when someone whose musical taste you respect tells you that you need to hear something, you do.
You listen differently.
You go in with a different level of trust that you don't have when you stumble onto it.
And Evil, we have that kind of trust.
We have for years now, which is why the pod kind of works a little bit.
So when he told me to listen to Devin, I was ready to be convinced.
And I honestly was immediately.
Immediately.
Song one, I think the first 10 seconds from I remember, was it Guilty? The song was.
If you don't know Devon Townsend, we should explain something before we talk about Lightwork, because Lightwork without context is beautiful, it's warm, it's ambitious, it's progressive, it's a rock record.
Lightwork with context is one of the more surprising statements a musician has made in the last decade, I would say.
And context is kind of everything.
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