devours

TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT 🧲 Hop into our sleek Onyx Black Q9 Maserati with us, it's time to hit the road! Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver....and for the first time ever....SASKATCHEWAN. Please tell me at least one of you lives in Regina or Saskatoon! We're joining forces with one of Alberta's best bands, @wants.music , for a dark synth odyssey across Western Canada, and everyone is invited.  Thursday June 4 - Victoria at @luckybaryyj w/ gay pop deity @_fruitleather (live debut!!) and talented troubadour @3iennahill Friday June 5 - Nanaimo at @theglobelivestudio w/ rising star @zoe.thestrange Saturday June 6 - Vancouver at @astoriahastings w/ goth stalwarts @ringfingercult and mysterious newcomers @david.lunchhhh Friday June 12 - Regina at @thecureregina w/ chiptune pop sorcerer @bitbitbitmusic Saturday June 13 - Saskatoon at @amigossk w/ powerhouse synthpop duo @actordirect0r *All shows with WANTS *BC shows with @ds_prowse on drums; I'll be solo for the SK leg Tickets now available.  Poster by @hxlth

GIGPIT SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: We’ve been quietly operating in Vancouver since November and it’s been so nice. We sort of hit the ground running and have been operating in chaos mode (in a good way). The support from our partner venues and all of you has been unreal. Now we’re taking a big moment to celebrate with a Vancouver launch party! Three real-deal bands/artists and the lineup of your dreams: Devours, Semi, Cistern. May 29th at Green Auto. Please bring your dancing shoes. Tickets available at the Eventbrite link. Haha jk they’re on gigpit.ca — link in bio. See you there!💜 Poster by @badtime.jpeg

A reintroduction, for newcomers: My name is Devours, I'm comfortable with all pronouns, and I am a multi-disciplinary underground pop musician based in Vancouver.  I have released 5 full-length albums: Late Bloomer (2016), Iconoclast (2019), Escape from Planet Devours (2021), Homecoming Queen (2023), and Sports Car Era (2025). Despite all of the music and content being extremely personal, Devours is ultimately a character - an ageless, genderless, shapeshifting gaylien, whose image changes for every album cycle, and who calls their fans Urthlings. My first 3 albums were a trilogy, and my most recent 2 albums make up a new, still-incomplete trilogy.  I was an early adopter of hyperpop, but have since transitioned into a hybrid of darkwave, electroclash, and pure radio synth pop. Thematically and lyrically, I write confessional and sometimes confrontational music about body image, gay politics, inner-city queer existence, anxiety, masculinity, nostalgia, love, and loss.  I am mainly a solo performer, although when the mood is right, my friend Dave Prowse joins me on drums and my friend Joey Chaos puts on a light show for us. I believe in community, creative ambition, DIY culture, and pushing the needle forward for queer art in Canada.  My influences include Missy Elliott, Deftones, the Smashing Pumpkins, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Trent Reznor, Enya, and Britney Spears. Some of my contemporary faves are Hotline TNT, Nourished by Time, Alvvays, Cameron Winter, MSPaint, Knocked Loose, and Underscores.  I have a solo side project called the Golden Age of Wrestling, as well as a vanity label called surviving the game.  Life has been really busy behind the scenes this past while, but I am alive and well. The next few months are going to be pretty wild, actually - I have a lot to share with you. My vinyl is gone, and while I'm still in my Sports Car Era cycle, my shows as of late have been testing grounds for top secret new material. Stay tuned for more 🔮 Pics by @trailerray

Birthday Mode is upon us. The annual @eric.with.an.h extravaganza! @unholyrhythms and @concert.mode present an unstoppable line up of @devours.ufo , @2girls1daw @revealyourselfband and @haha__laughing (all the way from Austin Texas.) May 8 at @greenautomusic pop up stage, get ready to let your freak flag fly and become more powerful than ever. Doors: 7 Show: 8 Adv. $15 Door. $20 Ticket link in bio!

The Homecoming Queens Are Back. Let em' Gossip. Jane Inc (Toronto) @jane_inc_ Devours (Vancouver) @devours.ufo KMVP (Nanaimo) @kmvp_esplande Friday March 13 // 9 P.M // $15-20 pwyc Another exquisite poster by the prolific deviant @nxchxghxs

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 @polarismusicprize , morphed into an occasional two-piece with a local legend (@ds_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. *Special shoutout to @ironshoreline , who was the first person to truly take a chance on this project. I love you Adam. 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 @greenautomusic (Thurs Mar 12 w/ @jane_inc_ and @yawn__music ) a 10 year anniversary show.  See you there. Jeff 👽

VANCOUVER — official venue change for our March 12 show to @greenautomusic ! advance tix available now, can’t wait to see you again 👁️🫦👁️

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 (*cough* @billwelychka *cough), 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 for the chosen few who knew me before Devours, who keep me grounded, and who are still rooting for me. You know who you are, and I love you. Pic by @trailerray Model: @anaupsidedown Illustrations: @plain.burgr    Link in bio.

'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 @plain.burgr

✨SUPPORT ADDED ✨ ULTRA SUNN - APRIL 2ND We’re excited to announce that Vancouver’s own dark synth-pop mainstay, Devours is officially joining Belgian EBM duo Ultra Sunn at the Rickshaw this Spring! 🔥 Tickets at & Red Cat Records. 🎫 Presented by the Rickshaw.  #rickshawtheatre #yvr #livemusic #livevan #vancity

@devours.ufo is one of one: a homegrown legend who has pulled himself up fully by his own (leather) bootstraps; a genre-bending auteur who writes, performs, records, produces, mixes, and promotes his own material; a tireless advocate of the Vancouver music scene who always celebrates and never apologies for its many, er…idiosyncrasies; an icon of our city’s Queer artists’ community. It’s easy to take all this for granted–it’s true that Devours performs around Vancouver a fair amount, at everything ranging from a mural festival kickoff to opening for big touring acts to headlining little festivals like ours–but Jeff is such a prolific writer and performer, you’re unlikely to ever see the same set twice. Not only that, he puts himself into each outing in a way that feels wholly of the moment, a consummate performer who never takes a night off. All that being said, we’ve heard tell that this will not be any regular Devours show. 🤫 Let’s just say the street lights around Russian Hall might go a little dimmer for an hour or so. 💡 We can’t think of a better killer to close out round 2 of the fest. Join us Saturday, January 17—single day and full fest passes still available!

☻️ 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......  ❤️ Pics by @yogapandaphoto | @talenttimetv