Blog: PopMatters

Still bleak after all these years, the Black Heart Procession has failed to, well, proceed much. The twinkling, fairy-tale piano line that opens the first track of the Black Heart Procession's sixth full-length album, simply titled Six, quickly gives way to the bloodless voice of Pall Jenkins (sounding wearier than ever, if that's possible), who sounds as if he's reading from a portentous letter when he talk-sings, "When you're through with me / When your heart aches / When your head spins / When you tempt me / When you finish...