Crippled Black Phoenix have released their album in a ridiculous storm of confusion. It's out in a 2CD box set that apparently contains the albums The Resurrectionists and Night Raider, a single CD called 200 Tons of Bad Luck which collects some tracks from the box set and a double LP called 8 Songs which has six tracks that are on the other releases and two that are exclusive to the vinyl. Knobheads. It's not even very good, the better bits are relatively decent epic post-rock reminiscent of a darker Mono or something but a fair chunk just sounds like Steppenwolf gone prog or something. Proper dad. There are little experimental bits every now and again but they can't help but come off as afterthoughts.. Really you'd have to expect more from a group containing members of Mogwai and ex-members of Electric Wizard.
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Sound clips for 200 Tons Of Bad Luck by Crippled Black Phoenix: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Invada, INV076CD, £12.09.
After releasing the underground classic “A Love Of Shared Disasters” Crippled Black Phoenix have regrouped and spent the best part of a year recording “200 Tons Of Bad Luck” Although not strictly a concept recording, the thoughts and moods of founding member Justin Greaves(Electric Wizard / Iron Monkey / Teeth Of Lions Rule Devine) re-occur throughout and link the songs in a film like way. Once again the CBP crafted the songs at Geoff Barrow’s (Portishead) State Of Art Studio. The band is made up this time of Joe Volk (Gonga), Dominic Aitchison (Mogwai), Kostas Panagiotou (Pantheist) & Charlotte Nicholls. Joining the band on all live dates will be Joe Allen & John Langley of Saturation Point. The end result will no doubt have folk scrambling for descriptives and in the midst of the relative chaos Crippled Black Phoenix will be oblivious to it all, again giving you 200 tons of music that, if you let yourself have time to be immersed in, you shall be rewarded. Think of these albums like the moment when your life flashes before your eyes just before the inevitable conclusion.
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