Love Is Love/Return to Dust

For other uses, see Love Is Love (disambiguation).

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]

Love Is Love // Return to Dust
Studio album by Code Orange Kids
Released	November 20, 2012 (2012-11-20)
Genre	Hardcore punk[1] metalcore[2] post-hardcore[3] sludge metal
Length	27:07
Label	Deathwish
Producer	Kurt Ballou
Code Orange Kids chronology
Full of Hell / Code Orange Kids (2012) Love Is Love // Return to Dust (2012) I Am King (2014)

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
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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

• 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