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Geoff Barrow might've hit a block during the recording process for Portishead's upcoming (not sure exactly when) album, but he's got no reservations about Crippled Black Phoenix, a new project from Electric Wizard's Justin Greaves, Mogwai's Dominic Aitchison, Pantheist's Andy Semmens and Kostas Panagiotou, Gonga's Joe Volk, and 3D House of Beef's Nial McGaughey.

Yes, those are all real bands. Or so we think.

The "supergroup" has just recorded its debut album, A Love of Shared Disasters, at State of Art Studios in Bristol. Barrow, who is a part owner of the studio, produced the disc and will release it on his own Invada Records. In a press release, he said of the project, "I've been waiting for someone to make a record like this for a long time."

The release will hit stores sometime this year, and several tracks are already available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. A Crippled Black Phoenix tour is also in the works for 2k6.

A Love of Shared Disasters tracklist:

01 The Lament of the Nithered Mercinary
02 When You're Gone
03 Really, How'd It Get This Way?
04 The Whistler
05 Suppose I Told the Truth (Why I Went Away)
06 Long Cold Summer
07 Goodnight, Europe
08 You Take the Devil out of Me
09 The Northern Cobbler
10 ............
11 I'm Almost Home
12 Sharks & Storms / Blizzard of Homed Cats

As previously reported, Mogwai will take to the European road on the first of September.

Dates:

09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Stradbally Estate (Electric Picnic Festival)
09-05 Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn
09-06 Bologna, Italy - Estragon
09-07 Rome, Italy - Ostia Antica
09-10 Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
09-11 Essen, Germany - WeststadtHalle
09-12 Dresden, Germany - Schlachthof
09-13 Bremen, Germany - Modernes
09-15 Stockholm, Sweden - Berns
09-16 Copenhagen, Denmark - Pumpehuset
09-17 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
09-21 Leicester, England - The Charlotte
09-22 London, England - Royal Albert Hall
09-23 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Ballroom
09-24 Manchester, England - Academy
09-26 Paris, France - Olympia
09-27 Brussels, Belgium - Le Cirque Royal
09-28 Dijon, France - La Vapeur
09-29 Marseille, France - Marsatac Festival
10-01 Madrid, Spain - Riviera
10-03 Bordeaux, France - Krakatoa
10-04 Lyon, France - Radiant
10-05 Orléans, France - Astrolabe
10-06 Nantes, France - Olympic
10-07 Caen, France - Big Band Café
10-08 Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Melkweg