This Is Meant to Hurt You

This is Meant to Hurt You
EP by These Arms Are Snakes
Released	August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)
Genre	Post-hardcore
Length	23:12
Label	Jade Tree (JT1084) (CD) Second Nature (SN046) (vinyl)
Producer	Matt Bayles
These Arms Are Snakes chronology
This Is Meant to Hurt You (2003) Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home (2006)

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This Is Meant to Hurt You is the début EP by These Arms Are Snakes, released in 2003 by Jade Tree Records on CD and Second Nature Recordings on vinyl.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by These Arms Are Snakes. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Riding the Grape Dragon"	3:44
2.	"Run it Through the Dog"	5:36
3.	"Diggers of Ditches Everywhere"	3:27
4.	"The Blue Rose"	4:22
5.	"Drinking From the Necks of the Ones You Love"	6:03

Personnel

Band members

• Brian Cook – bass guitar, pump organ, guitar and MicroKORG
• Ryan Frederiksen – guitar and album design
• Joe Preston – Drums and design
• Jesse Robertson – Keyboard
• Steve Snere – vocals

Other personnel

• Matt Bayles – engineering, production and mixing
• Alan Douches – mastering at West West Side Music
• Richard Simpson - mastering to vinyl
• Robin Laananen – photography
• Troy Tietjen – assistant engineering

Vinyl information

1st Press:

• 598 Translucent Pink
• 700 Black

2nd Press:

• 560 Grey