The Black Heart Procession

Artist: The Black Heart Procession
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 05/09/2006
Label: Touch & Go
Catalog Number: 271
Recording: Studio
Length: 45:09
Format: CD (1 Used)

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Media Condition: Very Good CD Comments: Digipak. Review Since their debut in 1998, Black Heart Procession has trafficked in spectral, dark fare that seems totally at odds with the sunny climes of their home town, San Diego. They’ve also steadily filled out their sound, which seemed initially constructed of little more than ghostly synth washes, reductive basslines, singing saw, keyboards, and singer Pall A. Jenkins' yearning vocals. But for The Spell, Black Heart's co-founders and main songwriters — Jenkins and multi-instrumentalist Tobias Nathaniel — combined the ethereal spookiness of early recordings with ominous, riff-heavy stomps to songs awash in Orwellian menace. "All our fears are fed/All our thoughts are read," Jenkins howls on the politically charged "GPS" as staccato guitar bursts and door-pounding percussion reinforce the song's 1984 tenor. Disc opener "Tangled," "The Fix," and the title track also feature pulsating guitar lines and insistent drum beats high in the mix. Together with shifting tempos and time signatures evoke apprehension and excitement in equal measure. But fans of Black Heart's curtain-drawn studio incarnation — where synth winds howl, saws whine, and organs creak — is present in tracks like "The Waiter #5," which unfurls in languorous grace, and "Return to Burn," which crawls menacingly from some prehistoric swamp with Jenkins' lap steel as siren's cry. Nathaniel's piano, organ swells, and Wurlitzer swirls are omnipresent, alternately coloring backdrops in elegiac shadows or using cascading minor chords to heighten the sense of foreboding. Violinist Matt Resovich conjures all manner of moods and textures, from a gypsy's heartbeat ("Not Just Words"), to a Brecht/Weill cabaret vibe ("The Waiter #5"), and an Eastern European folk feel ("The Letter"). The Spell weaves a musical web that intoxicates with its exquisite symmetry and simultaneously liberates through artistic transcendence. These are ominous times, and Black Heart Procession has provided a chilling audio companion for them. -John Schacht		Buy $5.99

Track Listing

Disc 1 Titles	Artist	Length
1. Tangled	The Black Heart Procession	04:13
2. The Spell	The Black Heart Procession	04:39
3. Not Just Words	The Black Heart Procession	04:11
4. The Letter	The Black Heart Procession	04:29
5. The Replacement	The Black Heart Procession	03:57
6. Return to Burn	The Black Heart Procession	04:23
7. GPS	The Black Heart Procession	03:34
8. The Waiter #5	The Black Heart Procession	04:04
9. Places	The Black Heart Procession	03:51
10. The Fix	The Black Heart Procession	04:09
11. To Bring You Back	The Black Heart Procession	03:39

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