When the Red King Comes

When the Red King Comes
Studio album by Elf Power
Released	1997
Genre	Indie pop, indie rock
Label	Arena Rock Recording Co.
Elf Power chronology
Vainly Clutching at Phantom Limbs (1995) When the Red King Comes (1997) A Dream in Sound (1999)

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When the Red King Comes is the second album by Elephant 6 band Elf Power. 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 this map can be seen in "The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands", edited by Huw Lewis-Jones.

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Rieger unless otherwise noted.

1. "Step Through the Portal..."
2. "...Into the Everlasting Time"
3. "The Frightened Singers"
4. "The Secret Ocean"
5. "The Arrow Flies Close"
6. "Icy Hands Will Never Melt Away"
7. "When the Red King Comes"
8. "The Separating Fault"
9. "Spectators"
10. "Introducing Cosmic Space" (Andrew Rieger, Bryan Helium)
11. "The Bengal Parade"
12. "Needles in the Camels Eyes" (Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera)
13. "...The Silver Lake" (Laura Carter)
14. "It's Been a Million Years"

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