Blood Red Summer

"Blood Red Summer"
"Blood Red Summer"
Single by Coheed and Cambria
from the album In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Released	November 9, 2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Emo pop; glam metal;
Length	4:05
Label	Columbia, Equal Vision
Songwriter(s)	Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Josh Eppard, Mic Todd
Producer(s)	Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner
Coheed and Cambria singles chronology

"Blood Red Summer" is the second single and sixth track from Coheed and Cambria's second studio album, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3. A video was recorded and received airplay on MTV, MTV2, and Fuse. The video was on the first preview disk packaged with the PlayStation Portable. The song peaked at 29 on the US Alternative Songs chart.^[3]

Music video

The music video of the song (directed by Marc Webb) begins with lead singer/guitarist, Claudio Sanchez, in a cabin in the woods. He is shown setting up alarms and booby traps such as trip wires and spot lights outside the cabin and constructing a fence to surround the cabin. All the while he sees fellow band members Travis Stever, Michael Todd, and Josh Eppard, only to suddenly close his eyes and then they are gone. Claudio is then shown sitting in a store room surrounded by shelves of canned food, batteries, and bottled water, eating Campbell's soup from the can. As he eats, the spot lights come on and Claudio rushes to the nearest window to see his band mates outside running through his traps.

Travis, Michael, and Josh all have glowing, red eyes and move in staggered motions. While looking through a spacing in the wooden door, Claudio fires an arrow from a compound bow which hits Josh in the chest but barely fazes him. The three "infected" band members eventually break into the cabin and surround Claudio, attacking him. Claudio wakes up on the floor in front of a door and seems dazed. As his eyes open they are glowing red as well. The video ends with the four band members staggering off through the woods, possibly in search of their next victim.

Single track listings

CD

"Blood Red Summer" (4:05)

Song credits

Performers

Claudio Sanchez (Vocals/Guitar)
Travis Stever (guitar)
Michael Todd (bass)
Joshua Eppard (drums/Backing Vocals)

Producers

Recorded at Applehead Studios in Woodstock, New York for Ill-Air Productions.

Michael Birnbaum
Chris Bittner

Mastered by

Roger Lian at Masterdisk

Charts

Chart	Peak Position
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[3]	29

References

^ Sacher, Andrew (March 16, 2021). "15 albums that shaped progressive post-hardcore in the 2000s". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
^ Serra, David. "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth - Coheed and Cambria | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Coheed and Cambria - Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[1] Sacher, Andrew (March 16, 2021). "15 albums that shaped progressive post-hardcore in the 2000s". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved November 27, 2021.

[2] Serra, David. "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth - Coheed and Cambria | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[billboard-3] "Coheed and Cambria - Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

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