ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN Recording Vocals For DEVIN TOWNSEND's Epicloud Album - "The Loudest And Most Gorgeous Vocals I've Ever Done"
April 14, 2012, 12 years ago
Canadian vocalist/guitarist/producer Devin Townsend (ex-STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) is currently in the studio with singer Anneke Van Giersbergen recording her vocals for his next album, Epicloud. He has issued the following update:
"Epicloud: weirding out one gospel choir at a time since this afternoon, 2012. Anneke killing it, yet again..."Anneke has also checked in:
"Mister Devin Townsend is a genius. I cannot tell you how awesomely fantastic his album will be. Epic! Epic! Epic! And he made me do 20 hours of the loudest and most gorgeous vocals I've ever done."
Devin and Anneke previously worked together on his Addicted album, which included select live performances together during his European tour for the record.
The Epicloud album, which will be released under the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT banner, features the following tracklist:
'Taurus'
'Animals'
'Liberation'
'Back Where We Belong'
'Save Our Now'
'Kingdom'
'Divine'
'Grace'
'More!'
'Heatwave'
'Hold On'
'Angels'
Townsend: "Yeah, we re-did 'Kingdom' because it's a live set staple, and so much better now than the PHYSICIST recording."
As previously reported, Townsend performed an acoustic show at Junofest 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario on Saturday, March 31st at Club Saw. Live footage is available below, including the new Epicloud album song 'Back Where We Belong' which he closed the evening with:
