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Sleepmakeswaves announced as Devin Townsend Project Tour support

09 December 2016 - 0 Comments

Devin Townsend Project is returning to Australia and New Zealand in 2017 and today, Aussie prog/post-rock/instrumental sensations sleepmakeswaves are announcing that they will accompany HevyDevy on the entire May 2017 Australian/New Zealand tour.

Since recording and releasing their most epic record to date, ‘Love of Cartography’, they've been back to the UK and Europe twice, China, South East Asia, New Zealand, North America, and looped around Australia a bunch of times and shared stages with some incredible bands – Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus, The Contortionist, Opeth, Monuments, Skyharbor and of course a very special tour with the reunited COG.

Album 'Love Of Cartography' signalled their continued desire to map new creative directions. Recorded with Nick DiDia at Studios 301, the album's singles 'Something Like Avalanches' & 'Great Northern' received airplay on triple j and across Australian & international community & college radio. 'Love of Cartography' was also nominated for an ARIA Award, J Award, AIR Award and 3 AU Review Awards. Their Sydney iconic Metro Theatre show was a memorable homecoming for the band and was recorded for posterity by triple j for Live at the Wireless.

Devin Townsend Project was last here in 2015 on a string of sold-out shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne – this time Perth and Auckland (NZ) are getting some HevyDevy love. The guitar virtuoso is one of the most celebrated singer/songwriter/guitarists in heavy music and Devin Townsend Project's live show never fails to satisfy and amaze.

The sleepmakeswaves bassist Alex Wilson exclaimed his excitement at the Devin Townsend Project tour. "So glad to be offered the opportunity to support Devin Townsend when he comes to Australia in 2017. It was a great surprise and honour to get the news while we're hunkered down preparing our new album for next year. Really excited about the new music and live shows ahead."

Over the course of Devin Townsend’s storied career, a single constant has persevered: change. As far back as Steve Vai’s Sex & Religion, which Townsend fronted, to 2001’s landmark full-length Terria to the multi-instrumentalist’s country rock outfit Casualties of Cool to his stunning new album Transcendence, the Canadian isn’t too interested in keeping an even musical keel. To stay the proverbial course is, well, anathema. For certain, he’s far too impatient to write the same Strapping Young Lad song over and over—which is why he folded the band in 2007—and it’s likely there will never be a fourth or fifth Ziltoid album (a third if we’re lucky) because by that point he’ll be in a totally different frame of mind for galactic puppets gone awry. 
 
Townsend’s loyal fans haven’t been waiting very long for Devin to return, only since 2015, but they will get the show of a lifetime with DTP playing the new tracks and tracks from their extensive back catalogue, despite the project only dating back to 2009.

MJR PRESENTS

DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND TOUR
MAY 2017

WITH SUPPORT FROM SLEEPMAKESWAVES
ON SALE NOW

Thursday 18th May - Powerstation, Auckland

Tickets at MJRPRESENTS.COM


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