Crippled Black Phoenixilta liikuttava animaatiovideo uudesta ”Scared and Alone”-kappaleesta

Progressiivista post-rockia, ambientia ja psykedeliaa musiikissaan yhdistelevä britannialainen Crippled Black Phoenix julkaisi marraskuun 4. päivä synkän ”Bronze”-albuminsa. Nyt yhtyeen levy-yhtiö Season Of Mist on ladannut YouTube-kanavalleen melankolisen musiikkivideon promotaakseen tuoretta, järjestyksessään yhdeksättä pitkäsoittoa. Animoitu video on tehty kappaleesta ”Scared and Alone”, jonka aiheet pyörivät masennuksen ympärillä. Esimerkiksi siinä esiintyvä metaforinen ”musta koira” on slangitermi masennukselle, jonka kanssa multi-instrumentalisti Justin Greaves on pitkään kamppaillut.

Superkokoonpanoksikin tituleerattu yhtye on perustettu Greavesin toimesta vuonna 2004 ja siinä vaikuttaa jäseniä esimerkiksi Electric Wizardista, Mogwaista ja Iron Monkeysta. Mies kertoi kappaleen merkityksestä hänelle ja maineikkaan romanialaisen artistin Costin Chioreanun luomasta animaatiosta seuraavasti:

“Costin Chioreanu has created an amazing clip. His animation fits so very well that this can only come from someone, who truly understands the feeling behind this song. It is not an easy thing to connect with so I have nothing but respect and praise for Costin. ”Scared and Alone” speaks volumes about being cut off from the outside world and other people when the “Black Dog” bites. Depression, anxiety and mental health are becoming bigger issues and when someone speaks up, it opens a door for other people to get things off their mind. Belinda wrote the lyrics as well as doing the vocals for ‘Scared and Alone’ and she did not need to be given any direction. As always, she took the title and the music and shaped the most real and heartfelt words into a very poetic form. I am deeply satisfied with the way everything turned out, both sonically and visually.”

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Myös Chioreanulla on sanottavaa:

“No human being can ever get completely free of depression, simply because we can never be completely happy. The root of this sick behaviour pattern is our need to always increase the intensity of our life’s pleasures – regardless of the issue. We need more and more or we fall into a hole. In this state, we pretty much resemble drug addicts. This greed is amplified by society, which imposes desires on us and once our minds have been trained to function in accordance with such parameters, it becomes increasingly difficult to get back to something simple that we have either forgotten or never known to exist. The story of ‘Scared and Alone’ gives the complete picture of this gaping hole, the inner view of an entire life from the perspective of a person with no escape.”