Devours

10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY POST ☆

Urthlings....we made it. Despite inventing the 'Devours' moniker in 2011, and writing/recording Late Bloomer (my first album) in 2014, it took until winter of 2016 to break into the local music scene, release it, and play my first show. It was at the China Cloud 🥲

In the past 10 years, I have experienced the following:

Released 5 albums, went completely bald, put a lot of makeup on my head, met thousands of local musicians and scenesters, played over 500 local shows, toured, caught some early buzz, thought that I was maybe going to make it big, realized in 2019 that I wasn't going to make it big (but kept Devours alive anyways), signed with a label, left the label, started my own label to release my albums, had a global pandemic derail my career, launched a side project and released 4 albums for it, experienced several nervous breakdowns, went on mental health medication, became one of the only fully DIY Canadian artists to ever be nominated for the Polaris Music Prize , morphed into an occasional two-piece with a local legend Dave Prowse, and witnessed almost everyone whom I befriended in the scene 10 years ago either quit music, quit going to shows, start a family, or find a bigger audience than me. It's been difficult, humbling, beautiful, and completely transformative.

I'm so, so grateful for everyone who has supported me over the past decade. I'm a lifer, and I'm going to be making music in my care home when I'm 70, but the only reason I'm still releasing music publicly is because you're supporting me...so thank you.

I have big plans on the horizon for Devours, so I don't want to spend much time on nostalgia, but I have decided to make my show at Green Auto (Thursday March 12) a 10 year anniversary show.

See you there.
Jeff 👽

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IT'S ALIIIIVE! My new single just premiered 🐍

I was born to make ketsbetch. This song is pure Devours - obscure CanCon references, bizarre Vancouver references, odes to pop culture, childhood crushes, and more. It's also a subtle jab at Canadians who are so obsessed with American news and media that they overlook their own artists.

Last but not least, this song is about the beauty of friendship. I'm grateful for everyone on here who supports me, but even more grateful to the chosen few who knew me before Devours, who kept me grounded, and who are still rooting for me. You know who you are, and I love you.

Listen here:

https://youtu.be/DcyHz0ucSoQ

'ketsbetch' - my explosive, bizarre, polarizing new single - premieres worldwide Thurs Feb 12 at midnight.

Toss your fave emoji in the comments if you're ready!!😛😛

Absolutely perfect artwork by .burgr

Vancouver!

I'm switching identities and putting on a release show for my new Golden Age of Wrestling album. Full electronic, full synth pop. Tons of flexing, attitude, and maybe a powerbomb from the stage into the audience.

It's on Thursday Feb 12 at a secret (but beautiful) new venue in East Van, close to Clark and Venables. I'm organizing the show by myself, so please grab a ticket and tell your friends! Space is limited.

The Golden Age of Wrestling - Album Release Show w/ Guests The Golden Age of Wrestling presents 'Sweet Chin Music' (Album Release Show) w/ guests Dusty Pills & Va**ng Mortal

Hello Urthlings.

It's been a brutal battle this past year, feuding with my cocky, evil alter ego The Golden Age of Wrestling. The spotlight clearly isn't big enough for the both of us.

If you like instrumental music - specifically film soundtracks, video game music, and experimental beat music - please keep an eye out for my new TGAOW album, which I announced this morning. It comes out on February 12, 2026.

Here is the pre-order link:

https://thegoldenageofwrestling.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-chin-music

And I also released a new video this morning for the lead single - it's in the comments section.

Oh and thank you Exclaim for including it on your most anticipated Canadian albums of 2026 list 😳 So crazy!

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim-s-58-most-anticipated-canadian-albums-of-2026

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Sweet Chin Music, by The Golden Age of Wrestling 12 track album

☻️ YEAR-END POST ☻️ 2025 was a pretty wild one for me. On paper, it was a success - I released a new album, played a lot of shows, and met some really cool people at festivals. If you contributed to any of that, then thank you!

Behind the scenes, my year was ...a rollercoaster, haha. I hit a rough patch with my mental health in Jan/Feb, bad enough that I came really close to cancelling my entire album rollout and release. I had bronchitis for two and half months straight in the middle of summer, cancelled my US shows back in April, and tried twice - unsuccessfully - to book an Ontario/Quebec tour for myself (if you happen to love booking tours for artists, please DM me, lol). 

On the upside, Devours morphed into a two-piece for a lot of shows this year - my friend Dave joined me on drums, and it's been really special. Another cool thing is that I was hired to write and produce all of the songs (about two dozen) for a Canadian TV series for kids. If you have a 4 year-old, I will happily send you a link to the show when it premieres! Should be out soon. Oh and I worked at a firefighter training facility for a month! Random, but interesting - plus two of the guys were hot. 

The biggest moment of the year came in September, when I decided to go back to school.... for something completely unrelated to music or the arts. Ever since I was 5, every fibre of my being has known that I was destined for the arts - so leaving it behind, even if it's temporary, has brought out a lot of fascinating, bitter, exciting, conflicted emotions in me. Adulthood is hard, and nothing is making a ton of sense at 41, but ...I'm trying to figure it out. 

Anyways, I hope you all had a good year. I have some tricks up my sleeve for 2026, so I'll be seeing you around...... 

❤️

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At the beginning of March this year, I released an album called Sports Car Era. I haven't listened to it since the release show, and I haven't written about it very much this year - but it has appeared on several year-end lists, so I wanted to take a minute to write about it. 

I still remember being 20 and making a vow to myself that I wouldn't make a boring, watered-down album at 40. So many artists at this age fall into this trap because they're married, stable, softening, and past their prime creatively. But this isn't my experience - my life these past few years has been chaotic, difficult, and extremely unstable. Sports Car Era is easily the darkest album that I've ever written. Every Devours album is just a time capsule of what I'm going through - and I definitely had a few demons to exorcise on this one.   

My other goal with this album was to have a teenager walk into a local record store, see the cover, and ask themself '....what the hell is this??' I wanted it to look - and be - ambiguous and genreless. I had reached a point during the Homecoming Queen album cycle where I genuinely had to look myself in the mirror and ask myself who I was. I can't even explain how weird of an experience it is to spend your entire 30's as an unsigned, underground solo act, commodifying yourself for straights, the music industry, and a q***r market who all want prettier, younger people. I have dealt with so many issues throughout my life pertaining to self-hate, body image, and not fitting in anywhere. The album cover was a 'here I am, in a trashy unitard on a podium - take me or leave me' statement of self-love, and a refusal to make something more appealing for people. That is the true spirit of "sports car era" - a self-empowerment age/milestone where you finally don't give a f**k anymore whether you are for others.

Sports Car Era is Devours deconstructed. It's less polished and commercial, and it was the right move for me at the time. Thank you to everyone on here who supported it. ❤️

I have decided that today is Dave Prowse Appreciation Day. First, some context:

Some of you know this and some of you don't, but Dave used to drum in a local two-piece named . In his mid-twenties, he entered the 1% of musicians who enter the fame bubble, get worshipped by American music publications, go on world tours, and experience the absolute insanity of the industry Big Leagues. It's a dream trajectory that a lot of us aim for - but for Dave, it actually happened. It warps almost everyone who comes into contact with it; most of them get so weird and self-obsessed and lost in their own heads that they end up moving to a small village in Tibet after a year or two in the spotlight. But Dave is special in that he maintained a level head, stayed local, and stayed involved in Vancouver's music community. I am so, so proud of him - for his ethics, his passion, his ability to not go insane - and I am so happy to be playing music with him. He's been drumming for me this year, and I think we're going to keep going next year! Dave also drums for my friend, the underrated psych-rock auteur , so I'm grateful that he has made some time for me.  

If you appreciate Dave (), post a random emoji in the comments section! 😄

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I want to take a second to share my experience, along with some words of encouragement, to the bands and artists reading this right now who feel like their music is slipping through the cracks.

I cannot tell you how many times I have considered ending this project. Year after year, album after album, it's felt like I've been on the edge of *almost* breaking out of Vancouver - but it hasn't happened, and will very likely not happen. There is a lot of heartache inside of me because of it. I'm guessing a lot of you, in some capacity, have experienced something similar in your lives - of completely dedicating yourself to something, bringing everything you possibly can to the table, only to have things still not work out. I have learned, time and time again, that all I really have is my love of making music. Everything else is a fog. 

Here's where things get less depressing: because I wasn't chosen by the music industry, I had to learn how to do literally everything myself. Graphic design, networking, curating, marketing, sorting out merch orders....literally running a business. It's been hard, but hear me out: one of the only reasons why I'm still afloat is because I was forced to develop the skills that every musician ultimately needs. It makes life easier when you have a label running the show for you, but what happens when the trends change in a year and you get dropped? A ton of bands disintegrate because they never developed DIY skills along the way. 

My point isn't to convince you that the music industry is evil or anything - I just want to tell you that absolutely incredible experiences await you, even if labels or the industry say no to you. There is so much community, so many cool moments of meeting people at shows, and so much wisdom to gain from existing on the fringes and forging your own path. Doing music part-time, while having side hustles, is how 99% of us are living our lives, so there's no shame in it. 

So yeah, don't give up. Popularity comes and goes, and all we're left with is our passion for making music and art - so keep doing it.

Happy harvest, Urthlings 🎃🍂😈 It's spooky season, and I have a lot of ~ tricks and treats ~ in store for you. I'm playing a huge Halloween show at .pearl.vancouver on Oct 31 with psychedelic cumbia buzz band and wild new freak jazz outfit . The brilliant production team is putting it on. Thinking I might dress up as a corn on the cob after getting inspired at the Korn show 💯 Tickets now available.

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AUTUMN 2025 IS UPON US! 🍂 Fall preview: big changes in my personal and professional life, lots of twists and turns with music, higher stakes in my vicious rivalry with , and a slew of upcoming show appearances hellbent on reminding Vancouver that gayliens really do exist.

Some of these shows will be solo, where I will revisit a few deep cuts and test drive some brand new material; some shows will be with on drums 🍇 I will keep you posted.

First show of the season will take place on Thursday, October 2 at . At the start of 2025, I decided that I wanted to spend the year playing shows with the current crop of amazing new bands in the city. I'm getting another chance to do so for this one - opening for the incredibly cool 's LP release. I saw them at Green Auto Fest a few months ago and everyone, myself included, freaked out over them. Equally excited to play with ambitious noise punks and buzzy Nanaimo unit .scum.theband . See you soon 👁

Summer's been a flurry of fests and wild local shows - and the rollercoaster continues this Friday.

I invite you to come experience a brand new venue in Mount Pleasant called 👽 It's clean, it's cool, and it's a new hope for the neighbourhood.

I'll be opening for one of the best and buzziest new bands in Western Canada, . They just finished touring with (!!) and this is their album release show - come see them before they fully blow up. Also opening are local faves and .

I highly recommend grabbing an adv ticket or coming early on Friday, this one is going to hit capacity.

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