Crippled Black Phoenix is a post-rock band from the United Kingdom. Several musicians have contributed to Crippled Black Phoenix's albums and play with them during their live shows.

History

Crippled Black Phoenix is a collective of musicians from many other bands (including notably Iron Monkey, Gonga, Mogwai, and others). In 2004, Justin Greaves began recording primitive sounds he had in mind for years. He was encouraged by Dominic Aitchison, and their ideas would lay the backbone for Crippled Black Phoenix.

Although originally having an unorthodox start, since all the band members were part of and busy with other projects at the time of the band's founding, Crippled Black Phoenix remained committed to staying together and forged their own unique sound. The band writes what they call "endtime ballads," signifying both the slightly macabre nature of their songs and their unusual blend of styles as the final evolution in music. This strange blend has led to them being called everything from stoner-prog to freak-folk to doom.

Crippled Black Phoenix have made live shows a focus and have performed in unusual venues, using Victorian-era instruments in tandem with more modern instruments.

Their first album, and now their upcoming album to be released in early 2009, were recorded by Invada Records.

Members

• Justin Greaves - electric guitar, drums, saw, keyboard, acoustic guitar, banjo, effects, samples
• Joe Volk - voice, acoustic guitar
• Dominic Aitchison - bass, effects
• Kostas Panagiotou - piano, keyboards, accordion, harmonium
• Charlotte Nichols - cello, voice

Discography

Albums

A Love of Shared Disasters (2006)

1. "The Lament of the Nithered Mercenary" – 2:36
2. "Really, How'd It Get This Way?" – 4:49
3. "The Whistler" – 9:45
4. "Suppose I Told The Truth" – 5:03
5. "When You're Gone" – 5:35
6. "Long Cold Summer" – 10:34
7. "Goodnight, Europe" – 6:08
8. "You Take the Devil Out of Me" – 4:23
9. "The Northern Cobbler" – 7:32
10. "My Enemies I Fear Not But, Protect Me from My Friends" – 6:34
11. "I'm Almost Home" – 5:32
12. "Sharks & Storms / Blizzard of Horned Cats" – 8:19

References

External links

• Official website
• Official MySpace