TRANSCENDENCE Eddie Vedder This is a rare opportunity

This is a rare opportunity to hear from three-fourths of this lineup

all performed with full-throttle energy and emotion

While it is easily the band's most polished and commercial sounding record -- Poncia was clearly trying get the band to sound like Heart

The unprecedently graphic lyrics of tunes like "Head" and "Sister" make rock & roll rebels of the past decades look like uptight puritans

Includes liner notes by Nora Ephron

TRANSCENDENCE Eddie Vedder This is a rare opportunityPersonnel: Devin Townsend (guitar, keyboards, programming); Dave Young (guitar). Over two decades, Devin Townsend has released such an enormous, wide ranging body of music, he's become impossible to pin down. There are so many recordings, directions, and concepts, it's fruitless comparing one to another, and every new one seems to be a snapshot of where he's at during a particular period. Transcendence, a Devin Townsend Project release, is no