The Black Heart Procession Explained

The Black Heart Procession
Landscape:	yes
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	San Diego, California,
Genre:	Indie rock
Associated Acts:	The Album Leaf, Cold War Kids, Modest Mouse, Rocket From The Crypt, Three Mile Pilot, Ugly Casanova
Website:	theblackheartprocession.com
Current Members:	Pall Jenkins Tobias Nathaniel

The Black Heart Procession (occasionally spelled The Blackheart Procession) is an American indie rock band from San Diego, California.

Biography

Early years

The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins (Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects, Palllap, Ugly Casanova and Three Mile Pilot) and Tobias Nathaniel (Three Mile Pilot). The group is often augmented by the contributions of Matt Resovich, Mario Rubalcaba, Jason Crane, Joe Plummer, Dmitri Dziensuwski, Jimmy LaValle and Matthew Parker.^[1] Jenkins has also produced The Drowning Men.

Hiatus

Blackheart Procession’s last release, the Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit EP in 2010, the band went on hiatus. Jenkins told San Diego City Beat that "[a]fter years of touring and traveling and focusing on music, we decided just to kind of put an end to it for a while".^{[2] [3]}

In 2011, Jenkins played optigan, piano and sang on J Mascis's album Several Shades of Why^[4] and then returned to play guitar and sing on Mascis's 2014 album Tied to a Star.^[5]

Reformation

In 2016 Blackheart Procession reassembled for a pair of shows in San Diego.^[6] In December of that year, they announced a European tour, with 27 shows all around the continent during March–April 2017.^[7]

Discography

Albums: ^[8]

• 1, Headhunter Records (1998)
• 2, Touch and Go Records (1999)
• Three, Touch and Go Records (2000)
• Amore Del Tropico, Touch and Go Records (2002)
• The Spell, Touch and Go Records (2006)
• The Waiter Chapters 1 - 7, SDRL Records (2008)
• Six, Temporary Residence (2009)^[9]

Singles and EPs:

• A Three Song Recording, (1997)^[10]
• Fish the Holes on Frozen Lakes, (1999)
• Between The Machines, Suicide Squeeze Records (2001)
• In the Fishtank 11 (with Solbakken), (2004)
• Hearts and Tanks, (2005)
• Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit, Temporary Residence (2010)

Compilation appearances:

• Slaying since 1996, Suicide Squeeze Records (2006) – track After The Ladder
• Infamous 2: The Blue Soundtrack, Sumthing Else Music Works (2011) – track Fade Away
• Time & Space (Liz Janes covered), Asthmatic Kitty (2011) – track Martyr's Grind Up^[11]

External links

• • Temporary Residence on Bandcamp
• Joe Wallace interviews Pall Jenkins for Gearwire.com regarding Black Heart Procession writing and recording techniques
• Black Heart Procession collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
• 2 Live videos at Intimepop.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Black Heart Procession . Southern . 4 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091130212446/http://www.southern.com/southern/band/BHP00/biog.html . November 30, 2009 .
2. Web site: Holslin. Peter. The Black Heart Procession call it quits—for now, at least. San Diego City Beat. 4 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150409193051/http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-11860-the-black-heart-procession-call-it-quits%E2%80%94for-now-at-least.html. 9 April 2015.
3. Web site: The Black Heart Procession. Pitchfork Media. 12 April 2015.
4. Web site: J Mascis Several Shades of Why. Allmusic. 4 April 2015.
5. Web site: J Mascis Tied to a Star. Allmusic. 4 April 2015.
6. Web site: Psycho Las Vegas bands in San Diego . sdcitybeat.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160623143225/http://sdcitybeat.com/article-17539-Psycho-Las-Vegas-bands-in-San-Diego.html . 23 June 2016 . dead.
7. Web site: Black Heart Procession. Toutpartout.be. 2020-03-15.
8. Web site: The Black Heart Procession. Touch and Go. 12 April 2015.
9. Web site: ARTISTS – THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION. Temporary Residence. 12 April 2015.
10. Web site: Singles. AllMusic. 12 April 2015.
11. Web site: Liz Janes Time & Space. 15 March 2011 . Asthmatic Kitty. 12 April 2015.