When the Red King Comes
Template:More citations needed Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox album Template:Music ratings When the Red King Comes is the second album by the Elephant 6 band Elf Power.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is a concept album about the Red King's kingdom. The cover art is taken from a section of an imaginary map called “The Land of Make Believe”, drawn in 1930 by Jaro Hess. A more complete version of the map can be seen in The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands.
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Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "though still noisy, the improved sound coincides with a sharper focus in the songwriting (that's good) and the first hint of impending mythological obsessions (not so good)."<ref name="TP">Template:Cite web</ref> The Chicago Tribune thought that "in Elf Power's hands, psychedelia is a means of transforming personal trauma into a twisted kind of triumph."<ref name=CT/>
AllMusic wrote that "the fuzzy, lo-fi production is an Elephant 6 hallmark, but the unique instrumentation (electric horns, pump organs, even Nepalese percussion) and cryptic, stream-of-consciousness wordplay suggest something altogether different."<ref name="auto"/>
Track listing
Personnel
- Andrew Rieger - guitars, vocals, flute, zanzitophone, keyboards, bass, percussion
- Laura Carter - keyboards, vocals, Moog synthesizer, zanzithophone, loops
- Bryan Helium - bass, vocals, guitar, sitar, keyboards
- Aaron Wegelin - drums, vocals, percussion
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