Love Is Love/Return to Dust
{{Other uses|Love Is Love (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Is Love // Return to Dust
| type = studio
| artist = Code Orange Kids
| cover = Code Orange Kids - Love Is Love-Return to Dust.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|11|20}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Hardcore punk
- metalcore{{cite web | url=https://consequence.net/2014/09/album-review-code-orange-i-am-king/ | title=Code Orange – I Am King | publisher=Consequence of Sound | date=September 3, 2014 | accessdate=November 7, 2015 | author=Bray, Ryan}}
- post-hardcore{{cite web|url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/column/top-25-essential-post-hardcore-albums|title=Top 25 Essential Post-Hardcore Albums|website=Newsoisemagazine}}
- sludge metal
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=27|s=07}}
| label = Deathwish
| producer = Kurt Ballou
| prev_title = Full of Hell / Code Orange Kids
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = I Am King
| next_year = 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.{{cite web| last = Kraus| first = Brian| title = Stream Code Orange Kids' debut album, 'Love is Love // Return to Dust'| work = Alternative Press| date = November 3, 2012| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/stream_code_orange_kids_debut_album_love_is_love_return_to_dust| access-date = November 8, 2012}} A music video for the song "Flowermouth (The Leech)" was released in October 2012.{{cite web| last = Paul| first = Aubin| title = Videos: Code Orange Kids: 'Flowermouth (The Leech)'| work = Punknews.org| date = October 12, 2012| url = http://www.punknews.org/article/49284/videos-code-orange-kids-flowermouth-the-leech| accessdate = November 8, 2012}}
The first pressing of the album, limited to 3,000 copies, sold out within the first few weeks of release.{{cite web| last = Mervis| first = Scott| title = A look back at the biggest stories of 2012 in rock, pop and hip-hop| work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publisher = Block Communications| date = December 6, 2012| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/a-look-back-at-the-biggest-stories-of-2012-in-rock-pop-and-hip-hop-665147/| accessdate = January 2, 2012}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AbsolutePunk
| rev1Score = 90%{{cite web| last = Pfleider| first = Adam| title = Review: Love Is Love/Return to Dust| work = AbsolutePunk| publisher = Buzz Media| date = October 21, 2012| url = http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2928342| accessdate = November 8, 2012 | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130221032909/http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2928342 | archivedate=February 21, 2013}}
| rev2 = Consequence of Sound
| rev2Score = B{{cite web| last = Von Bader| first = David| title = Review: Love Is Love/Return to Dust| work = Consequence of Sound| publisher = IndieClick Music Network| date = November 30, 2012| url = https://consequence.net/2012/11/album-review-code-orange-kids-love-is-lovereturn-to-dust/| accessdate = January 2, 2013}}
}}
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." 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."
Love Is Love/Return to Dust ranked at number 23 on AbsolutePunk's top 30 albums of 2012 list,{{cite web| last = Tate| first = Jason| title = AbsolutePunk.net Staff Compiled List| work = AbsolutePunk| publisher = Buzz Media| date = December 3, 2012| url = http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2971122| accessdate = January 2, 2013}} at number 2 on The A.V. Club
Track listing
{{Track list
|title1 = Flowermouth (The Leech)
|length1 = 2:25
|title2 = Around My Neck // On My Head
|length2 = 1:07
|title3 = Sleep (I've Been Slipping)
|length3 = 1:29
|title4 = Liars // Trudge
|length4 = 3:55
|title5 = Colors (Into Nothing)
|length5 = 3:18
|title6 = Nothing (The Rat)
|length6 = 2:49
|title7 = Roots Are Certain // Sky Is Empty
|length7 = 0:49
|title8 = Choices (Love Is Love)
|length8 = 3:13
|title9 = Calm // Breathe
|length9 = 2:41
|title10 = Bloom (Return to Dust)
|length10 = 5:21
| total_length = 27:07
}}
Personnel
Love Is Love // Return to Dust personnel according to CD liner notes.{{cite AV media notes| title = Love Is Love/Return to Dust| others = Code Orange Kids| year = 2012| at = CD gatefold| publisher = Deathwish Inc.| id = DW140}}
Code Orange Kids
- Eric Balderose – guitar, vocals
- Joe Goldman – bass, vocals
- Reba Meyers – guitar, vocals
- Jami Morgan – drums, vocals
Guest musicians
- Adam McIlwee (Tigers Jaw & Wicca Phase Springs Eternal) – vocals on "Colors (Into Nothing)"
- Mike McKenzie (The Red Chord) – vocals on "Bloom (Return to Dust)"
Production
- Kurt Ballou – recording, mixing, engineering
- Carl Saff – mastering
Artwork and design
- Katie Krulock – photography
- Kimi Hanauer – artwork, photography
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|494369|type=album}}
{{Code Orange (band)}}
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