The Black Heart Procession (occasionally spelled The Blackheart Procession) is an American indie rock band from San Diego, California.
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 from Three Mile Pilot. The group is often augmented with the contributions of Matt Resovich, Mario Rubalcaba, Jason Crane, Joe Plummer, Dmitri Dziensuwski, Jimmy LaValle and Matthew Parker. Jenkins has also produced The Drowning Men.
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 after "years of touring and traveling and focusing on music, we decided just to kind of put an end to it for a while". In 2011, Jenkins played optigan, piano, and sang on J Mascis's album Several Shades of Why and returned to play guitar and sing on Mascis's 2014 album Tied to a Star.
In 2016 Blackheart Procession reassembled for a pair of shows in San Diego. In December 2016, they announced tour with 27 shows all over Europe during MarchâÂÂApril 2017.
In early 2025, the band played a set for KEXP-FM.
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