Side A (33 RPM)
01. Wheel of the Dead (2:04)
02. Forever Is Too Long (3:18)
03. Wash Away the Dust (2:39)
04. Marble Staircase III (2:32)
05. Nothing In My Heart (2:52)
06. Afternoon Wreaths (3:20)
Side B (33 RPM)
01. Men and Sand (2:17)
02. Tragic Image (3:30)
03. Celestial Joy (2:36)
04. Meager Vines (1:45)
05. Colored Lights (2:27)
06. Horrid Life (Burial) (4:16)
Horrid Red first appeared in 2010, emerging from the ongoing German / Cali Kraut-Punk institution that is
Teenage Panzerkorps (est. 2001). While that band is known for its violently propulsive sound, Horrid Red was established to explore the more elegant and arcane aspects of post-punk & pop. Centered around
grandiose bedroom productions of San Franciscan Edmund Xavier & the incantations of Bunker Wolf beamed in from Aachen, Germany, Horrid Red is in full bloom for 2012.
Celestial Joy is the debut full-length for
Terrible Records, following three EPs released on Soft Abuse & Holidays . The album also features
Clay Ruby of Burial Hex, who contributes heavenly keys & noise detail to many of the tracks.