March on Electric Children is the second studio album

Studio album

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 by the American post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

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 band The Blood Brothers, released in February 2002. This album is a self-described short story set to music.http://www.bettawreckonize.com/interviews/bloodbros.htm Produced by Matt Bayles, the album was recorded in one week http://www.bettawreckonize.com/interviews/bloodbros.htm on a $3000 budget http://altpress.com/features/bloodbros.htm and has been described by singer Jordan Blilie

Jordan Blilie

Jordan Blilie is the vocalist for the bands Past Lives and Head Wound City. However, he is best known as the co-lead vocalist and co-lyricist for The Blood Brothers, which he was a part of since their formation in 1997 until their breakup in 2007...

 as "crazier" and "more complex" than the band's previous effort, This Adultery Is Ripe

This Adultery Is Ripe

This Adultery Is Ripe is the debut studio album by the American post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers, released in 2000. Produced by Matt Bayles, this album was recorded over a weekend on a limited budget, and has been described as "stripped-down" and catchy by singer Jordan Blilie.-Track...

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Concept album

The album has been described by numerous critics as a concept album

Concept album

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, with its characters portrayed more as villains and victims than as heroes. The effort was an attempt by the band to create a storyline with repeating characters that has a bleak outlook on life, emphasizing the consequences of the characters' selfish choices. The album's closing track "American Vultures" is the conclusion to the storyline and wraps up the themes featured in the previous songs. Says singer Jordan Blilie

Jordan Blilie

Jordan Blilie is the vocalist for the bands Past Lives and Head Wound City. However, he is best known as the co-lead vocalist and co-lyricist for The Blood Brothers, which he was a part of since their formation in 1997 until their breakup in 2007...

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Characters

• Mr. Electric Ocean - "the personification of the media and exploitation and superficiality
  Superficiality
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  ... the person that influences the protagonist during the entire record"
• The Skin Army - "a representation of our culture as completely superficial and concerned with the exterior, skin, and what is on the outside"

Track listing

All songs written by The Blood Brothers.

1. "Birth Skin/Death Leather" - 1:43
2. "Meet Me at the Water Front After the Social" - 2:46
3. "March on Electric Children!" - 3:03
4. "New York Slave" - 2:44
5. "Kiss of the Octopus" - 2:39
6. "Siamese Gun" - 3:21
7. "Mr. Electric Ocean" - 2:16
8. "Junkyard J. vs. the Skin Army Girlz/High Fives, LA Hives" - 2:57
9. "American Vultures" - 3:27

Performers

• Jordan Blilie
  Jordan Blilie
  Jordan Blilie is the vocalist for the bands Past Lives and Head Wound City. However, he is best known as the co-lead vocalist and co-lyricist for The Blood Brothers, which he was a part of since their formation in 1997 until their breakup in 2007...
  
   - vocals
• Mark Gajadhar - drums
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• Morgan Henderson
  Morgan Henderson
  Morgan Henderson is the former bassist of the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers and the indie rock band Sharks Keep Moving, and the current bassist in the post-punk band Past Lives and a multi-instrumentalist with Seattle-based folk-pop group Fleet Foxes.. Henderson has also been credited for...
  
   - bass
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  , sampler
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  , M1
  Korg M1
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• Cody Votolato
  Cody Votolato
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   - guitar
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• Johnny Whitney
  Johnny Whitney
  Johnny Whitney is a singer, author and multi-instrumentalist from Seattle.He is probably most well known for his vocals alongside Jordan Blilie in the now defunct post-hardcore band, The Blood Brothers. He is currently the vocalist of Jaguar Love. Johnny has also provided vocals for The Vogue,...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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  , piano
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Production and design

• Matt Bayles
  Matt Bayles
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   - producer
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  , engineer
  Audio engineering
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  , mixer
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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• The Blood Brothers - co-producer
• Troy T - assistant engineer
• Ed B - mastering
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• Dan Dean - layout concept, design, photographs, art
• Morgan Henderson - layout concept, design, photographs, art
• Jeffrey Degolier - photographs, art