Devin Townsend Releases New Double Single "Prepare For War / The Big Snit"

From his forthcoming ambitious twenty-four track album The Moth, Devin Townsend has unveiled a brand new double single: “Prepare For War / The Big Snit”. Both tracks come from the aforementioned album, which is set to be released on May 29th, 2026 via InsideOutMusic.

In a press release announcing the songs, Townsend stated the following:

“This is a track that essentially acts as a ‘soundtrack for an unmade movie’ …if you think of it as a ‘song’ it’s not really going to work, but if you think of it as a cinematic ‘experience’ that is representative of the final moments before a ‘fundamental change’, it’s a cool adventure.

Either viewed from the lens of the ‘war’ being that of two warring factions whose actions have culminated in a ‘final battle’, or the same thing being essentially a metaphor for an internal struggle, it works in the same light. The battle itself can be representative of a decision, loss, change, or whatever. But sitting with the difficulty of life and our natures can often be violent work, so ‘the fastest way out is through’ and this piece of music represents that process. The ending is meant to be a representation of a sort of personal awakening.

The name ‘The Big Snit’ was taken from a short cartoon from the Canadian national film board by the same name I grew up with. If you get a chance, look it up on YouTube … I guess my version here is simply a kind of heavy metal version of that :)”

You can check out the double single in its entirety below.

Main Photo: Devin Townsend / Tom Hawkins