Love Is Love/Return to Dust

For other uses, see Love Is Love (disambiguation).
Love Is Love // Return to Dust
Studio album by
Code Orange Kids
ReleasedNovember 20, 2012 (2012-11-20)
Genre
Length27:07
LabelDeathwish
ProducerKurt Ballou
Code Orange Kids chronology
Full of Hell / Code Orange Kids
(2012) 		Love Is Love // Return to Dust
(2012) 		I Am King
(2014)

Love Is Love // Return to Dust is the debut album by the American hardcore punk band Code Orange Kids. The album was released on November 20, 2012 through Deathwish Inc.[4] A music video for the song "Flowermouth (The Leech)" was released in October 2012.[5]

The first pressing of the album, limited to 3,000 copies, sold out within the first few weeks of release.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk90%[1]
Consequence of SoundB[7]

According to AbsolutePunk's Adam Pfleider, the record "tetters the line of sheer terror and savant variation in the context of the larger scale of contemporary hardcore - however you may define it."[1] David Von Bader of Consequence of Sound wrote: "If the album is a sign of things to come, Deathwish has yet again located and presented the best in artistically relevant heavy music."[7]

Love Is Love/Return to Dust ranked at number 23 on AbsolutePunk's top 30 albums of 2012 list,[8] at number 2 on The A.V. Club's metal column Loud's "best metal, punk, and hardcore of 2012" list[9] and also appeared on The Boston Phoenix's list of top metal albums of 2012.[10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Flowermouth (The Leech)"2:25
2."Around My Neck // On My Head"1:07
3."Sleep (I've Been Slipping)"1:29
4."Liars // Trudge"3:55
5."Colors (Into Nothing)"3:18
6."Nothing (The Rat)"2:49
7."Roots Are Certain // Sky Is Empty"0:49
8."Choices (Love Is Love)"3:13
9."Calm // Breathe"2:41
10."Bloom (Return to Dust)"5:21
Total length:27:07

Personnel

Love Is Love // Return to Dust personnel according to CD liner notes.[11]

Code Orange Kids

  • Eric Balderose – guitar, vocals
  • Joe Goldman – bass, vocals
  • Reba Meyers – guitar, vocals
  • Jami Morgan – drums, vocals

Guest musicians

Production

  • Kurt Ballou – recording, mixing, engineering
  • Carl Saff – mastering

Artwork and design

  • Katie Krulock – photography
  • Kimi Hanauer – artwork, photography

References

  1. ^ a b c Pfleider, Adam (October 21, 2012). "Review: Love Is Love/Return to Dust". AbsolutePunk. Buzz Media. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Bray, Ryan (September 3, 2014). "Code Orange – I Am King". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Top 25 Essential Post-Hardcore Albums". Newsoisemagazine.
  4. ^ Kraus, Brian (November 3, 2012). "Stream Code Orange Kids' debut album, 'Love is Love // Return to Dust'". Alternative Press. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  5. ^ Paul, Aubin (October 12, 2012). "Videos: Code Orange Kids: 'Flowermouth (The Leech)'". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  6. ^ Mervis, Scott (December 6, 2012). "A look back at the biggest stories of 2012 in rock, pop and hip-hop". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Block Communications. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  7. ^ a b Von Bader, David (November 30, 2012). "Review: Love Is Love/Return to Dust". Consequence of Sound. IndieClick Music Network. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  8. ^ Tate, Jason (December 3, 2012). "AbsolutePunk.net Staff Compiled List". AbsolutePunk. Buzz Media. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  9. ^ Heller, Jason (December 12, 2012). "Loud's best metal, punk, and hardcore of 2012". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  10. ^ Livingston, Jonah (December 20, 2012). "2012: A melodic year in metal". The Boston Phoenix. Phoenix Media/Communications Group. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  11. ^ Love Is Love/Return to Dust (Media notes). Code Orange Kids. Deathwish Inc. 2012. CD gatefold. DW140.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)