Tear from The Red is the second full-length album by experimental

Experimental rock

Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....

 hardcore

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band Poison the Well

Poison the Well (band)

Poison the Well was an experimental hardcore band from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida who were last signed to Ferret Music. Guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook were the only remaining members of the band who were involved since their inception, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira was...

. It was released on February 19, 2002 via Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...

. Tear From The Red was originally planned to be 11 original songs and one cover song but the cover plan was ditched before recording.

Track listing

1. "Botchla" – 3:10
2. "Lazzaro" – 3:00
3. "Turn Down Elliot" – 4:00
4. "Rings From Corona" – 2:47
5. "Moments Over Exaggerate" – 3:15
6. "Horns and Tails" – 2:43
7. "Sticks and Stones Never Made Sense" – 3:35
8. "Pieces of You in Me" – 3:01
9. "Karsey Street" – 1:07
10. "Parks and What You Meant to Me" – 3:47

• "Karsey Street" is an excerpt from the Academy Award winning film Apocalypse Now
  Apocalypse Now
  Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American war film set during the Vietnam War, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The central character is US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard , of MACV-SOG, an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces...
  
   spoken by Marlon Brando
  Marlon Brando
  Marlon Brando, Jr. was an American movie star and political activist. "Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema" according to the St...
  
  's character at the end of the film.

Poison the Well

• Jeffrey Moreira – vocals
  Singing
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• Derek Miller – guitar
  Guitar
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• Ryan Primack
  Ryan Primack
  Ryan Primack is an original member and guitarist of the band Poison the Well. In 1998 Ryan and original vocalist Aryeh Lehrer founded the band, An Acre Lost which later changed their name to Poison the Well. He originally hails from Philadelphia. He was also in Where Fear and Weapons Meet...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Iano Dovi – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Chris Hornbrook – drums
  Drum kit
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Technical

• Recorded and mastered by Jeremy Staska
• Produced and mixed by Jeremy Staska and Poison the Well
• Album art by Jacob Bannon
  Jacob Bannon
  Jacob Bannon is the vocalist, lyricist, and graphic artist for the American metalcore band Converge. He is also the founder and owner of the label Deathwish Inc...
  
  

Vinyl

Tear from the Red was first pressed on vinyl in 2002 and re-pressed in 2008 as a double LP with The Opposite of December

The Opposite of December

The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation is the first full-length album by experimental hardcore band Poison the Well. It was very influential on the early popularization of Metalcore around the turn of the century. It was released on December 14, 1999...

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2002 Belgium pressing:

• 2000 copies - picture disc

2002 US pressing:

• 1000 copies - red
• 1000 copies - clear gold

2nd Belgium pressing:

• ? copies - picture disc (Goodlife logo in blue, not orange)

2nd US pressing:

• 1000 copies - clear
• 300 copies - pink

2008:

• 661 copies - pink & white
• 336 copies - white & yellow
• 331 copies - blue & red
• 4 copies - test press