Black Heart Procession - Black Heart Procession

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Music Review: Enter the honkytonk bar of the damned.
Rating: 4 Stars

The songs take the romance out of despair. Seven tracks have "heart" in the title; maybe the guys didn't have much energy to spend on naming the songs. "1" is like a cooldown from Sixteen Horsepower's "Sackcloth 'N' Ashes."

Instrumentation is minimal, mainly piano and organs. Mario Rubalcaba's drums and the strained vocals of Pall A. Jenkins give "bluewater-blackheart" a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young feel. Jenkins' voice conveys a lot of yearning and fatigue.

"[T]he winter my heart froze" has a spooky, galloping piano intro, then settles into a Roger Waters kind of delerium. Jenkins plays a saw on four tracks, and it sounds like a theremin (that wobbly 50's space-movie effect that sounds like someone playing a saw). Tobias Nathaniel brings a grim beauty to the piano for this song. "square heart" is almost upbeat by comparison. The somber piano and vocals of "stitched to my heart" (C'mon guys - use CAPITALS) have a plaintive power. In keeping with the overall mood, the band members are dressed like preachers in a strychnine church.

"a heart the size of a horse" closes the CD with organs that suggest some hope, like finding light at the end of a tunnel...and realizing that you're looking up from the bottom of the well. This one also has a strong scent of Pink Floyd. Don't play this song while drinking, or you'll have "a liver the size of a Buick."

These songs were laid down in eleven days - a good way to avoid second-guessing and overproduction. "1" is an impressive debut, lulling you halfway to sleep and making you doubt that there's any point in waking up.

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