Love Is Love // Return to Dust | ||||
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Released | November 20, 2012 | |||
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Length | 27:07 | |||
Label | Deathwish | |||
Producer | Kurt Ballou | |||
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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]
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Source | Rating |
AbsolutePunk | 90% [1] |
Consequence of Sound | B [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]
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
Love Is Love // Return to Dust personnel according to CD liner notes. [11]
Code Orange Kids
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Artwork and design
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