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THE HAUNTiNG SOUND OF THE BLACK HEART PROCESSiON AND THEiR LATEST RELEASE SiX 
DECEMBER
19, 2011 - Formed in late 1997 in San Diego, THE BLACK HEART
PROCESSION have been described as beautifully bleak and brooding indie
rock with a dark side. Lyrically touching on the melancholy side of
human nature, the five-piece band is appropriately named given its
themes of isolation, depression, and heartache. The core members of
PALL JENKINS and TOBIAS NATHANIEL (THREE MILE PILOT) also collaborate
on-stage and in the studio with various
musicians whose instruments include guitar, piano, percussion, and even
saw. This uniqueness led to a 1998 record deal with CARGO RECORDS,
which released their first album, 1. THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION then
toured the United States and Europe with A Minor Forest, and the
group's follow-up, 2, was released through TOUCH & GO RECORDS
in 1999. The final piece to the trilogy, 3, arrived in 2000. JOE
PLUMMER (THE MAGIC MAGICIAN, MODEST MOUSE) and violinist MATT RESOVICH
(THE ALBUM LEAF) were added to THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION lineup for
the recording of the group's fourth effort, 2002's AMORE DEL TROPICO.
This cinematic songbook of love and deception was an exploration of
lounge and blues, making it an epic set for the band. Two years later,
THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION scaled back their usual sinister
presentation for In the Fishtank, Vol. 11, a co-release with Dutch prog
rockers SOLBAKKEN for KONKURRENT's celebrated album series. Bassist
JIMMY LAVALLE, who also plays with THE ALBUM LEAF joined in 2005; the
dramatic, torrid love affair that is THE SPELL followed in May 2006.
The haunting set was recorded and produced at THE BLACK HEART
PROCESSION's own SDRL studio in their hometown of San Diego.
The band's latest release SIX is
without a doubt the group's most emotionally resonant album since
Three. Brimming with pitch-black ballads of discarded loves and
forgotten souls, the album paints a bleak yet strangely comforting
portrait of heartbreak, self-destruction and religious allegory over
some of their most inspired songs to date, drawing a clear line from
here to soul-stirring visionaries such as LEONARD COHEN, JOHNNY CASH
and TOM WAITS.
RELATED LiNKS: WWW.THEBLACKHEARTPROCESSiON.COM ABOUT THE HOST:  BRIAN
LUSH holds a BA in Creative Writing from the UNIVERSITY OF
NEW MEXICO. He established ROCKWIRED on New Years of 2004 and hasn't
looked back
since. He is currently the host of all of ROCKWIRED.COM's programming
which includes such shows as ROCKWIRED RADIO PROFILES and ROCKWIRED
FREE FORM RADIO. As
program producer for ROCKWiRED.COM, LUSH is hands-on when it
comes to
interviewing and building a lasting rapport with the artists that come
ROCKWiRED's
way. As a youngster, BRIAN LUSH had no idea what kind of seed was being
planted
by reading magazines such as HIT PARADE, HIGH TIMES, SPIN, REQUEST
(remember
that one?) and even ROLLING STONE. "Those were the days before the
internet and being a rock journalist
looked
like the coolest job imaginable." says LUSH "But reading these
magazines had me
imagining that one day I'd be the artist giving all of the clever
answers to
some poor guy with a tape recorder. Well, life has a way of surprising
you.
Now, I'm the poor guy with the tape recorder and asking all of the
questions."CONTACT
BRiAN LUSH
AT: djlush@rockwired.com
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