Devendra Banhart
Cripple Crow 2LP

‘Cripple Crow' finds Devendra continuing his extraordinary growth as a writer, vocalist and musician. Songs like ‘Now That I Know' and ‘I Do Dig A Certain Girl' among others provide more of the hushed, mysterious acoustic alchemy that delighted listeners on preceding set though the new tunes show still greater artistic depth and delicacy. Other performances are more elaborate featuring a range of electric instruments, rock rhythm section, sitar, flute, violin, cello, exotic percussion, et cetera. Banhart and company evoke a tribe of sun-dappled psychedelic gypsies on when they come, while long haired child has a more acid-damaged garage-band cut and thrust. ‘Pensando Enti', ‘Quedate Luna' and ‘Luna De Margarita' are gorgeous ballads sung in lilting Spanish. All in all, ‘Cripple Crow' witnesses Banhart furthering his mastery of the acoustic/experimental idiom he helped pioneer as well providing himself with fresh challenges an artist.

NEW / Released in 2005

Tracklist:

A1 Now That I Know

A2 Santa Maria De Feira

A3 Heard Somebody Say

A4 Long Haired Child

A5 Lazy Butterfly

A6 Quedate Luna

A7 Queen Bee

B1 I Feel Just Like A Child

B2 Some People Ride The Wave

B3 The Beatles

B4 Dragonflys

B5 Cripple Crow

B6 Inaniel

B7 Hey Mama Wolf

C1 Hows About Tellin A Story

C2 Chinese Children

C3 Sawkill River

C4 I Love That Man

C5 Luna De Margarita

C6 Korean Dogwood

C7 Little Boys

C8 Canela

D1 There's Always Something Happening

D2 La Ley

D3 Chicken

D4 Stewed Bark Of An Old Oak Tree

D5 La Pastorcita Perdida

D6 Lickety Split

D7 Ice Rat

D8 White Reggae Troll