Awesome to see 66Samus joining Devin on this album. Such a great drummer.

Ssus will you review it?

After the disaster that was Empath, I don't expect Devin to make any new music that is any good. Empath was just slightly less shit than Ki, which is hands down his worst effort (not counting his ambient and improvisation stuff cause those were not real efforts).

I'll take live albums any day with his old songs. Too bad he included one song from Empath that is shit. At least add Borderland which is marginally better than most of that cesspool.

Devolution Series is such an apt name for his current state. His music has clearly been devolving for a few years.

Written by Madlax on 15.05.2021 at 18:28

After the disaster that was Empath, I don't expect Devin to make any new music that is any good. Empath was just slightly less shit than Ki, which is hands down his worst effort (not counting his ambient and improvisation stuff cause those were not real efforts).

I'll take live albums any day with his old songs. Too bad he included one song from Empath that is shit. At least add Borderland which is marginally better than most of that cesspool.

Devolution Series is such an apt name for his current state. His music has clearly been devolving for a few years.

Well, that's your opinion. I didn't LOVE Empath, but it was a step down from the brilliant Transcendence.

Got to see that juular live version.

Written by SoUnDs LiKe PoP on 15.05.2021 at 23:34

Well, that's your opinion. I didn't LOVE Empath, but it was a step down from the brilliant Transcendence.

Transcendence was a good record. Much better than Empath. Empath was essentially an uninspired collection of corny, cheesy melodies, some of the worst of Devin's discography. It felt like one of those mostly useless bonus discs from the last couple of albums, namely Epiclouder or disk 2 from Transcendence. Essentially stuff that did not make it on the main album for a reason. With very few exceptions.

Written by Madlax on 16.05.2021 at 13:49

Written by SoUnDs LiKe PoP on 15.05.2021 at 23:34

Well, that's your opinion. I didn't LOVE Empath, but it was a step down from the brilliant Transcendence.

Transcendence was a good record. Much better than Empath. Empath was essentially an uninspired collection of corny, cheesy melodies, some of the worst of Devin's discography. It felt like one of those mostly useless bonus discs from the last couple of albums, namely Epiclouder or disk 2 from Transcendence. Essentially stuff that did not make it on the main album for a reason. With very few exceptions.

Yeah, I'll agree it was underwhelming and a bit over-cheesy, although it did have a few songs I enjoyed. It's just hard for me to rip on newer Devin since it includes the masterpiece of Transcendence.

Written by SoUnDs LiKe PoP on 20.05.2021 at 00:41

Yeah, I'll agree it was underwhelming and a bit over-cheesy, although it did have a few songs I enjoyed. It's just hard for me to rip on newer Devin since it includes the masterpiece of Transcendence.

It has a few, but even those are not the great stuff he used to make.

Disk 1 has 3 good songs, the middle section: Borderland, Requiem and Adrift. These are the 3 songs that come closest to the quality one could hear on the previous 2-3 DT records. Hear Me is also decent.

Disk 2 has almost nothing, with the exception of King which is only passable.

The cringe and awful stuff though permeates the album. Just listen to Why. How the fuck do you follow-up a SYL/Deconstruction song like Hear Me, with a corny, fluffy version of DT going Broadway with a touch of Disney. And not even the decent Disney from before the 80s but the awful one that followed after.

Empath recycles way too much stuff from Deconstruction. A lot of the songs feature sections taken directly from Deconstruction songs. And Deconstruction is not among his strong albums as the popular opinion says. It is one of his most adventurous, experimental albums, but not among his best.