The Black Heart Procession
Six

Matching a masterpiece like "2" is certainly not easy, but with "Six", Black Heart Procession comes very close. After the ups and downs of "Amore Del Tropico" and "The Spell", the darkest band from San Diego returns to numerically title their albums. Well, this already shows us the good intentions undertaken; in fact, this album goes straight to the heart and mind, leaving it thoughtful, but not sober, because "Six" wonderfully intoxicates us with its noir tones, gloomy and dark atmospheres rich in slowed rhythms.

Pall, Jenkins and associates (and by associates, we mean delightful guests who rightly indulge in violin and keyboards) with "Six" resume and continue the atmospheres of the early albums, but unite them with the simpler and melodic sounds shown in the previous two works. This is precisely the foundation that BHP has decided to give to the album, resulting in 13 balanced and interconnected tracks, never too disorienting and yet never boring. Symbols of this melodic trend are the two extracted tracks "Witching Stone" and "Rats", probably the ones with the most immediate and striking impact. One also encounters painful and anesthetizing ballads with whispered vocals such as the opener "When You Finish Me", "Drugs", and the closing "Iri Sulu". Other ballads, but more airy, are "All My Steps", "Forget My Heart" and "Liar's Ink"; which strongly recall the more pop and romantic Nick Cave. Perhaps the only track that falls short and surprises us is the schizophrenic "Suicide", which is very reminiscent of certain dEUS.

In short, "Six" does not reach the dark and beautiful elegance of "2" and "3", but with it, Black Heart Procession finally resumes its gloomy march towards the black heart; counting progressively; and we hope as much as possible.