Black Heart Procession Get Tropical, Tour
Catherine Lewis reports:
The Black Heart Procession will be touring extensively for the rest
of 2002 in support of their new album Amore del Tropico, due
next week on Touch and Go as a CD or double LP. The album was
recorded at the Procession's newly constructed 24-track analog
studio, Stereo Disguise Recording Laboratories, and mastered by John
Golden (Calexico, Mark Kozelek, Spoon). The album has a fuller sound
than previous recordings, with violin and cello throughout and
backing vocals provided by singer/songwriter Liz Janes. According to
the Southern Records website, the album somehow revolves around a
"tropical murder mystery" whose story will be revealed on a forthcoming
DVD, for which each song marks a chapter. Tracklist:
01 The End of Love
02 Tropics of Love
03 Broken World
04 Why I Stay
05 The Invitation
06 Did You Wonder
07 A Sign on the Road
08 Sympathy Crime
09 The Visitor
10 The Waiter #4
11 A Cry for Love
12 Before the People
13 Only One Way
14 Fingerprints
15 The One Who Has Disappeared
The Black Heart Procession's fall tour commences next week in the
U.S. and continues in Europe from late November to mid-December.
They will be joined on some dates by Calexico, and featured at Touch
and Go's CMJ Showcase alongside Blonde Redhead, Enon and the Yeah
Yeah Yeahs. Tour dates:
10-10 Sacramento, CA - Capitol Garage
10-11 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
10-12 Hollywood, CA - Knitting Factory
10-17 Phoenix, AZ - Nita's *
10-18 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress- Outdoor *
10-19 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
10-21 Austin, TX - Mercury at Jazz
10-22 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
10-23 Houston, TX - Mary Jane's
10-24 New Orleans, LA - The Parish/House of Blues
10-25 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10-26 Athens, GA - Tasty World
10-28 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw
10-29 Boston, MA - Paradise *
10-30 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *
10-31 New York, NY - Irving Plaza (CMJ Showcase)
11-01 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
11-02 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
11-03 Asheville, NC - Stella Blue
11-04 Atlanta, GA - Echo Lounge *
11-06 Columbus, OH - Little Brothers
11-07 Cleveland, OH - Beachland
11-08 Kalamazoo, MI - Club Soda
11-09 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
11-10 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
11-13 Seattle, WA - Showbox
11-14 Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards
11-15 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
* with Calexico
.: Pitchfork Review: Black
Heart Procession: Three
.: Pitchfork News: Black Heart
Procession's Fourth Due in October
.: Black Heart Procession: http://www.blackheartprocession.com
.: Originally published: 4 October 2002
.: Items mentioned above on Amazon.com:
Three (the Black Heart Procession, 2000);
Amore Del Tropico (the Black Heart Procession, 2002).
