Indie and experimental folk titan Devendra Banhart has announced a 20th anniversary reissue of his seminal 2005 album, Cripple Crow. The new release comes out September 12, and will be the first release of Banhart's own label, Heavy Flowers.
To celebrate the announcement, he has shared a demo for "I Feel Just Like a Child". Listen below:
Cripple Crow was released on September 13, 2005, and featured 22 songs across 74 minutes of music. It was his first release for XL Recordings, which also put out the following Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon.
The new reissue – which is a triple LP – contains the whole original record, as well as various b-sides, demos, and live takes.

Banhart had this to offer about the album:
"Cripple Crow! equal parts gag and pride! What a trip! What a ride! What a time! It’s all a bit embarrassing and yet, it was such a beautifully free time of uncensored experimentation and loving camaraderie that I can’t help but be proud to share this reissue with a bunch of new stuff I can’t believe didn’t get burnt in my ‘burning my archives’ phase! Thank you to everyone for sharing bits of pics and ephemera ya had flopping around!"
Additionally, Banhart will also head out on the road to celebrate Cripple Crow, with dates across the Northeastern US and Europe, including dates with Kath Bloom. Find those down below.

Cripple Crow (20th Anniversary Reissue) is out September 12. Preorder here. Full tracklist below:
LP 1:
- Now That I Know
- Santa Maria da Feira
- Hear Somebody Say
- Long Haired Child
- Lazy Butterfly
- Quédate Luna
- Queen Bee
- I Feel Just Like A Child
- Some People Ride The Wave
- The Beatles
- Dragonflys
- Cripple Crow
- Inaniel
LP 2:
- Hey Mama Wolf
- How’s About Tellin’ A Story
- Chinese Children
- Sawkill River
- I Love That Man
- Luna De Margarita
- Korean Dogwood
- Little Boys
- Canela
- There's Always Something Happening?
- La Ley
- Chicken
- Stewed Bard Of An Old Oak Tree
- La Pastorcita Perdida
- Lickity Split
LP 3:
- Shame
- The Seventies
- How's About Tellin’ A Story (Demo)
- A Jalisco (Demo)
- I Feel Just Like a Child (Demo)
- So Long City (Demo)
- Long Haired Child (Live)
- Mama Wolf (Live)
- Tarot (Demo)
Tour dates:
09/11 Homer, NY @ Center for the Arts of Homer*
09/12 Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theater*
09/13 Brattleboro, VT @ The Stone Church*
09/14 Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery*
09/16 Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust*
09/17 Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust*
09/18 Boston, MA @ Institute of Contemporary Art*
11/08 Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who?
11/10 Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
11/12 London, UK @ Union Chapel
11/14 Brussels, BE @ Church of Our Lady of Laeken
11/16 Geneva, CH @ Antigel Festival.
11/17 Bern, CH @ Mühle Hunziken
11/20 Valencia, SP @ La Plazeta
11/22 Madrid, SP @ Tetro Lope de Vega
11/24 Braga, PT @ Theatro Circo
11/25 Lisbon, PT @ Theatro Tivoli
*with Kath Bloom
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