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Crippled Black Phoenix -No Sadness Or Farewell
Artist : Crippled Black Phoenix
Album : No Sadness Or Farewell
Label : Cool Green Recordings
Year : 2012
Genre : Rock Source : CDDA
Encoder : FLAC 1.2.1 Bitrate : 828kbps
Playtime : 45:09 Size : 268.06 MB
Tracks:
01 How We Rock 12:25
02 Hold On (So Goodbye To All Of That) 06:54
03 What Have We Got To Lose? 10:33
04 One Armed Boxer 03:21
05 Jonestown Martin 06:31
06 Long Live Independence 05:25
Notes:
I have heard a lot of negative comments regarding this
release, especially since male vocalist, Joe Volk
departed from the group and was replaced by John E.
Vistic. Even though JoeÆs presence will be greatly
missed on future CBP recordings, John is a fantastic
replacement, he has a beautiful natural voice and vocal
style that at times reminds me of Ian Astbury (The
Cult).
No Sadness or Farewell is a 6 track mini album,
recorded in the depths of the Lincolnshire countryside
at Chapel studios. It is quite a slow pace journey
until you reach the final track ôLong Live
Independenceö, When the song kicks in with the extra
toms and percussion pounding away, itÆs hard not to tap
along to this track. One thing that I have always loved
about CBP is that they are not scared to experiment
with additional instruments and are always willing to
create an open minded experience for their listeners.
The 2nd track ôHold On (So Goodbye to all of that)ö is
where John E. VisticÆs vocal work really shines! He
shows amazing skill, great range and fantastic lyrics,
the last 3 minutes of that song absolutely blew me away
and gave me shivers down the back of my neck, itÆs a
song that provides you with so much heart and feeling.
Justin Greaves (Iron Monkey, Electric Wizard) song
writing and structuring is fantastic! His one of those
guys that knows his way around his instrument, like a
true craftsman, just how a fine carpenter knows how to
use his tools. To me it seems he would have been of
those kids back at school in your music class that
could pick up any instrument and absolutely show
everyone up, he could write the perfect song in his
sleep, someone to always be jealous of. Greaves has a
fantastic guitar tone, at times he provides a gentle
chorus tele sound to the rusty country sound of a
resonator to the warmth of heated valves. Though donÆt
get me wrong, this isnÆt just a Greaves show, the other
6 or so members also add their special elements that
create whole CBP experience.
IÆve been listening and following this band since they
first started and when they release ôI, Vigilanteö in
2010, that record set a extremely high bar for me and
it would be extremely hard to top, I still listen to
that record at least a couple times a week. After
saying that, I rather enjoyed this release, I was a bit
worried what to originally expect due to all the
negative opinions I had heard and the addition of a new
vocalist, but this is another great effort by one of
the better bands I have heard in the last 10 years, I
donÆt think itÆs their best work to date but it is
still an enjoyable listen and definitely worth owning.
I found it to be more of a grower than instant ear
candy, which is much better in my opinion cause the
albums appeal will last a lot longer and will provide
you much more enjoyment in the long run.