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Homecoming Queen, Devours’ fourth album, serves as a collected recollection for Vancouver-based musician Jeff Cancade. Through a more traditional synth-pop album, which also operates as a memoir, Cancade uses the guise and stylings of Devours to tell their most personal stories yet. In an interview last year, Cancade told Xtra, “I created this character of Devours as a ‘gaylien,’ and Planet Devours as a gay utopia where men can feel free to act feminine and be themselves....

"I want to see the darker side of queer existence.”

Devours is a name I’ve heard around Vancouver for quite some time. It’s only when I saw him live at a block party this past September, that I realized why hes considered such a force. His appearance is immediately captivating, but its the breadth and depth of his artistic expression that keeps you truly entertained. Live music was just starting to rear its head again, and we all watched amazed as he toiled over his cauldron of media equipment in the middle of Victory Square — f...

8 Escape from Planet Devours was born from a nervous breakdown. Jeff Cancade, a.k.a. Vancouver electro-pop gaylien Devours, spent the pandemic isolated and unemployed. His already waning obsession with "making it" as a musician died as the entire industry plunged into uncertainty. Disillusioned and depressed, music stopped being fun, and he nearly quit. Throughout this time, he continued struggling with body image issues. They largely stemmed from his experiences among gay communities that wors...

Devours Teases Escape from Planet Devours with Two New Tracks Hear the Vancouver artists newly shared "Death Is a B-Side" and "Lightning at Your Funeral" Published May 05, 2021Devours is gearing up to release his new double album Escape from Planet Devours later this month, and to give it one last push, the Vancouver artist has shared a pair of new tracks off the record. Today you can dive into the new album cuts "Death Is a B-Side" and "Lightning at Your Funeral," which have both arrived wit...

Devours Unveils New Double Album Escape from Planet Devours Hear the Vancouver artists new track "Exposure" Published Apr 01, 2021 Early this year, Devours came charging back into our lives with a pair of tracks. Now the Vancouver artist born Jeff Cancade has revealed they are part of a much larger project. Today Devours has announced the project will hit us with its third studio effort, and its arriving as a full-on double album. The record is called Escape from Planet Devours and is due out...