We can now add Three Mile Pilot to the seemingly endless list of 90s bands reuniting this year. But unlike going on victory-lap tours, the San Diego band is actually releasing a new album called The Inevitable Past is The Future Forgotten (which totally reads like the title of a song The Books would write). If you don’t know 3MP, you might know the bands that spawned from the group: Pinback and The Black Heart Procession. Both bands had arguably more success than their lone predecessor, but members Armistead Burwell Smith, Pall Jenkins, and Thomas Zinser have some more things to say, and after a 13 year hiatus, they clear their throats, inhale, and…

In a stellar return, Three Mile Pilot drop the video for “What’s In The Air”, a mid-tempo rocker that embraces a bands 13-year hibernation from 1997. The video, directed by Sean Gillane, alternates between a nice stroll through the woods, a suicidal meteorologist, an incidentally nefarious date at the beach, a man who gets infected with outer space, and the band just grooving against some some stars. Correlation? Things are pretty fucked up in 2010, so lets just write a bangin alt-90s song tinged with influences from our other bands. I applaud that.

The Inevitable Past is The Future Forgotten is out now on Temporary Residence Ltd.

The Inevitable Past is The Future Forgotten Tracklist:
1. Battle
2. Still Alive
3. Grey Clouds
4. Same Mistake
5. What I Lose
6. Left in Vain
7. The Threshold
8. One Falls Away
9. Days Of Wrath
10. Planets
11. What’s In The Air
12. The Premonition

A good introduction to the San Diego indie veterans might be their new mini-album, Blood Bunny/Black Rabbit. Why? Well, besides featuring three brand new songs, it also offers up collaborations with two mainstays of the college music scene, reggae icon Lee “Scratch” Perry and the artsy Eluvium. So yeah, you basically get it all: new songs and old ones, songs by just the band and songs that include a couple of your faves. Then you can check out the band in person as they open a few dates for The Books. By a few I mean the whole cross-country tour.

Tour dates are below and check out “Blank Page” from Blood Bunny/Black Rabbit, which is due out October 12th.

Check Out:
“Blank Page”

The Black Heart Procession 2010 Tour Dates:
09/28 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
09/29 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero *
09/30 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
10/01 - Durham, NC @ Shaefer Theater *
10/03 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
10/04 - Knoxville, TN @ Square Room *
10/05 - Charlotesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre *
10/21 - Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theatre *
10/22 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Nightclub *
10/23 - Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Mile End *
10/24 - Ottawa, ON @ Capital Music Hall *
10/25 - Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club *
10/26 - Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom *
10/27 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Ladies Literary Club *
10/29 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre *
10/30 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Culture Center *
11/13 - New York, NY @ Zankel at Carnegie Hall *
11/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Music Box *
11/30 - San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts *
12/03 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theatre *
12/04 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre *
12/05 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre *

* = w/ The Books

BHP mainstays Pall Jenkins and Tobias Nathaniel will be joined on the tour by Matt Resovich (BHP, Rafter, The Album Leaf) on violin, Jovi Butts (Mr. Tube and The Flying Objects) on bass and Jason Hooper (Goodbye Blue Monday) on drums. Also appearing will be openers Bellini and The Mumlers.

The Black Heart Procession 2009 Tour Dates:
10/17 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
10/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex *
10/20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room *
10/21 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad *
10/23 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk *
10/24 – Denton, TX @ Hailey’s *
10/25 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks *
10/26 – Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree *
10/27 – Athens, GA @ The 40 Watt *
10/28 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
10/29 – Washington, DC @ The Black Cat +
10/30 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s +
10/31 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s +
11/01 – New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom +
11/03 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club +
11/04 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rosa +
11/05 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace +
11/06 – Detroit, MI @ The Crofoot +
11/07 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge +
11/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar +
11/11 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey +
11/12 – Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore +
11/13 – Portland, OR @ The Aladdin +
11/15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent +

* = w/ The Mumlers
+ = w/ Bellini

Check Out:
“Rats”

Six Tracklist:
01. When You Finish Me
02. Wasteland
03. Witching Stone
04. Rats
05. Heaven and Hell
06. Drugs
07. All My Steps
08. Forget My Heart
09. Liars Ink
10. Suicide
11. Back To The Underground
12. Last Chance
13. Iri Sulu