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Crippled Black Phoenix -200 Tons Of Bad Luck
Artist : Crippled Black Phoenix
Album : 200 Tons Of Bad Luck
Label : Invada
Year : 2009
Genre : Rock Source : CDDA
Encoder : FLAC 1.2.1 Bitrate : 727kbps
Playtime : 77:13 Size : 406.68 MB
Tracks:
01 Burnt Reynolds 08:42
02 Rise Up And Fight 05:43
03 Time Of Ye Life Born For Nothing Paranoid Arm 18:37
Of Narcoleptic Empire
04 Wendigo 03:50
05 Littlestep 05:56
06 Crossing The Bar 07:12
07 Whissendine 04:58
08 A Real Bronx Cheer 00:35
09 444 05:48
10 A Hymn For A Lost Soul 02:25
11 A Lack Of Common Sense 07:24
12 I Am Free Today I Perished 06:03
Notes:
Blurring the lines between stoner-rock and post-rock is
Crippled Black PhoenixÆs sophomore record 200 Tons of
Bad Luck. And it blurs those subgenre lines by tossing
in chugging riffs to sit aside the mounting crescendos.
ItÆs all done effortlessly, too, almost lazily, though
thatÆs not a knock at all. The matter of the fact is
the group features members from Mogwai, Gonga, and Iron
Monkey, among others. So it only makes sense that the
end result of their combined influences wouldnÆt fit so
neatly inside any kind of musical box. And they really
cram in as much experimentation as they can, too,
especially on 200 Tons. The 77-minute epic is
absolutely far too long for some. But it is certainly
worth sticking around for, even if the third trackùa
three-part, 18-minute ôTime of Ye Life/Born For
Nothing/Paranoid Arm of Narcoleptic Empireöùappears
daunting. Because once you hit the gorgeous burner
ôCrossing the Barö and the mild-mannered rock jam
ôWhissendineö, it all starts to truly come together.
The group almost loses you at the end with ôA Lack of
Common Senseö, but the pace returns for ôI Am Free,
Today I Perishedö, a slick combination of bar-room
balladry and swelling guitar-rock.