The Puzzle and Snuggles are the nineteenth and the twentieth studio albums by Canadian metal musician Devin Townsend, released on his own label HevyDevy Records on December 3, 2021.
Devin Townsend has explained that The Puzzle is "an elaborate and much more chilled out" version of his 2004 album Devlab[2] and "more a collaborative, multimedia art project that acts as a stopgap between Empath and the next record" that "gave me a chance to purge and be completely creatively free", whereas Snuggles is "meant to be something you listen to in order to feel better... Puzzle is chaos, Snuggles is calm. The whole project is meant to express that I think there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel we’ve been through."[3] The two albums serve as a prelude to a "more traditional album", Lightwork, produced by Garth Richardson (Rage Against the Machine, Mudvayne, Nickelback) and released in November 2022, and "an ambitious project he’s been teasing for years called The Moth".[4]
Track listingedit
All tracks are written by Devin Townsend, except were noted
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^"Devin Townsend Explains Two New Albums, The Puzzle and Snuggles, in New Documentary Series". MetalSucks. August 9, 2021.
^"Devin Townsend Outlines Plans for Next Several Albums (Including The Moth!)". MetalSucks. August 25, 2021.
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^Snuggles (liner notes). Devin Townsend. HevyDevy Records. 2021. HDR0001008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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The Puzzle and Snuggles are the nineteenth and the twentieth studio albums by Canadian metal musician Devin Townsend released on his own label HevyDevy Records on December 3 2021 The Puzzle SnugglesThe Puzzle coverStudio album by Devin TownsendReleasedDecember 3 2021 2021 12 03 Recorded2020 2021StudioThe Armoury Studios The Farm Devlab and The Armory Vancouver CanadaGenreAmbient experimental 1 Length65 17 The Puzzle 38 32 Snuggles LabelHevyDevyProducerDevin TownsendDevin Townsend chronologyEmpath 2019 The Puzzle Snuggles 2021 Lightwork 2022 SnugglesSnuggles cover Contents 1 Production 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 The Puzzle 3 2 Snuggles 3 3 Technical 4 Charts 5 ReferencesProduction editDevin Townsend has explained that The Puzzle is an elaborate and much more chilled out version of his 2004 album Devlab 2 and more a collaborative multimedia art project that acts as a stopgap between Empath and the next record that gave me a chance to purge and be completely creatively free whereas Snuggles is meant to be something you listen to in order to feel better Puzzle is chaos Snuggles is calm The whole project is meant to express that I think there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel we ve been through 3 The two albums serve as a prelude to a more traditional album Lightwork produced by Garth Richardson Rage Against the Machine Mudvayne Nickelback and released in November 2022 and an ambitious project he s been teasing for years called The Moth 4 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Devin Townsend except were notedThe Puzzle track listingNo TitleWriter s Length1 Chromatic Ridge 3 432 Life Is but a Dream 3 293 Yucky Lung 1 224 Kittenhead 1 135 Shark in the Ice 1 496 Devil in the Details 0 587 Hammerhead Sugarplum 3 478 Me and the Moon 4 129 Anxiety in Pyjamas 3 2810 The Yugas Townsend Mike Keneally3 0111 Albert Hall 3 5812 StarChasm Townsend Steve Vai3 5913 Perfect Owl 2 1714 Maybe over the Void Townsend Mattias Eklundh2 5615 Light Year Whale Townsend Anneke Van Giersbergen4 3116 FrogFlowers Townsend Eklundh1 1117 Mother Townsend Tina Ahlin4 2818 Southern Sky Geometry 2 1119 The Puzzle 5 2220 Monuments of Glitch 7 22Total length 65 17 Snuggles track listingNo TitleWriter s Length1 Beyond Measure 1 312 Blue Dot Townsend Che Aimee Dorval3 073 Drifting and Dreaming 4 264 Sundance 0 535 Minds Are Changing 3 466 The Ocean 4 547 Distant Elegant 3 348 Replikiss 3 339 I Agree 3 2310 Tryst 3 3011 Sunset Rump 1 3212 The Option 4 23Total length 38 32Personnel editCredits adapted from the albums liner notes 5 6 The Puzzle edit Devin Townsend bass guitar vocals keyboards and synths Morgan Agren drums and percussion vocals Fazal drums and percussion Anup Sastry drums and percussion Chris Kelly drums and percussion vocals Kat Epple drums and percussion keyboards and synths strings wind instruments and horns Nathan Navarro bass Jonas Hellborg bass Jean Savoie bass Mike Keneally guitar Aman Khosla guitar vocals Steve Vai guitar Plini guitar Mark Cimino guitar vocals keyboards and synths Matt Picone guitar Andy McKee guitar Jed Simon guitar Chrys Johnson guitar Yotam Afik guitar Buckley Kelly guitar Ana Patan guitar vocals John Bertsche guitar vocals Tina Agren vocals Echo Picone vocals Tanya Ghosh vocals Gitai Barak vocals Che Aimee Dorval vocals Anneke van Giersbergen vocals Samantha Preis vocals Anne Preis vocals Arabella Packford vocals Blindboy Boatclub vocals Shiraz Afik vocals Korina Savoie vocals Chris Johnson vocals Mom Alvarado vocals Pete Mark vocals Amy Wong vocals Mattias Eklundh keyboards and synths strings wind instruments and horns Diego Tejeida keyboards and synths Ben Searles keyboards and synths Mike St Jean keyboards and synths Phillip Peterson strings wind instruments and horns Neyveli Radhakrishna strings wind instruments and horns Jorgen Munkeby strings wind instruments and horns Snuggles edit Devin Townsend drums and percussion bass guitar vocals keyboards and synths Morgan Agren drums and percussion Chris Kelly drums and percussion Paul Soroski drums and percussion Jake VanDerGinst drums and percussion Kat Epple drums and percussion keyboards and synths strings wind instruments and horns Andy McKee drums and percussion guitar Nathan Navarro bass Jean Savoie bass Andy Timmons guitar Markus Reuter guitar Chrys Johnson guitar Buckley Kelly guitar Ana Patan guitar vocals Tina Ahlin vocals Aman Khosla vocals Tanya Ghosh vocals Omer Cordell vocals Che Aimee Dorval vocals Ash Pearson vocals Chika Buston vocals Samantha Preis vocals Anne Preis vocals Arabella Packford vocals Adrian Mottram vocals Katrina Natale vocals Mattias Eklund keyboards and synths strings wind instruments and horns Diego Tejeida keyboards and synths Phillip Peterson strings wind instruments and horns Neyveli Radhakrishna strings wind instruments and horns Technical edit Devin Townsend production engineering editing mixing Leonardo Delgado additional editing Troy Glessner mastering Levi Seitz lacquer cut Travis Smith artwork packaging designCharts editChart performance for The Puzzle Snuggles Chart 2021 Peakposition Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 7 50References edit THE WEEKLY INJECTION New Releases From DEVIN TOWNSEND VOLBEAT and More Out Today 12 3 Metal Injection 2021 12 03 Retrieved 2021 12 05 Devin Townsend Empath Exclaim March 29 2019 Devin Townsend Explains Two New Albums The Puzzle and Snuggles in New Documentary Series MetalSucks August 9 2021 Devin Townsend Outlines Plans for Next Several Albums Including The Moth MetalSucks August 25 2021 The Puzzle liner notes Devin Townsend HevyDevy Records 2021 HDR0001007 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Snuggles liner notes Devin Townsend HevyDevy Records 2021 HDR0001008 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Devin Townsend The 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