Label: Solid Brass

Reissued 2/13/2026, Originally released 1998

Emerging from San Diego’s shadowed coastline in 1997, The Black Heart Procession began as the dark-hearted alter-ego of Pall Jenkins and Tobias Nathaniel, formerly of Three Mile Pilot. Their debut album '1', released in 1998, introduced a sound that felt both ancient and cinematic — pianos creaking like ship timbers, guitars bleeding reverb, and Jenkins’ voice cutting through the gloom like a late-night confession. '1' remains a record that sounds less like a debut and more like a séance — proof that heartbreak can echo beautifully for decades. FFO: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Calexico, Calla, Sparklehorse, Tom Waits

Track listing:

1. The Waiter
   
2. The Old Kind of Summer
   
3. Release My Heart
   
4. Even Thieves Couldn't Lie
   
5. Blue Water - Black Heart
   
6. Heart Without a Home
   
7. The Winter My Heart Froze
   
8. Stitched to My Heart
   
9. Square Heart
   
10. In a Tin Flask
    
11. A Heart the Size of a Horse