THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND: ACCELERATED EVOLUTION

Unlike many of Devin's albums, Accelerated Evolution has a lighter, almost airy quality to it. This is not to say that this is not a powerful album. It certainly is, and in some ways, the riffs and melodies here are some of Devin's most powerful, precisely because of their more straightforward nature. This is the Townsend album that I love listening to in the car on a Saturday afternoon with the windows down. The riffs are killer, Devin's vocals are completely unrestrained, and there is a sort of exuberance underneath it all. It's Devin Townsend's take on a garage band of sorts, and who wouldn't love that?