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Black Heart Procession - Amore Del Tropico [lp] Touch & Go A band that previously I had semi written off as fairly joyless piano led gloom indie rockers shocked me with this record which, in the main, sounds like a sleazy, evil Calexico! With occasional asides into proper 70's pop music like ‘Did You Wonder’ which sounds like Supertramp (no this is a GOOD thing). Seemingly a concept album about rumpo (or the lack of), with much parping of mariachi horns and reverb drenched twangola guitars, it does somewhat outstay it's welcome and lose it's way about 2/3's of the way through, but the first 7 tracks are storming, ‘Tropics Of Love’ in particular sidles it's latino way onto the stereo on numerous occasions. Nice work. Ian Unpeeled (the zine that covers the John Peel shows, info from shane@unpeeled.freeserve.co.uk)

Black Heart Procession Touch & Go