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Cherry Red

by Charming Disaster

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"The song…builds and builds with the most delightful sense of dread imaginable. If you're the type of person that finds the macabre fun and intriguing, you're going to adore 'Cherry Red.'" – If It's Too Loud

“Cherry Red” is a ghost story about a haunted house…or possibly a cautionary tale about carbon monoxide poisoning, whose symptoms are very similar to the classic signs of a haunted house from horror movies and ghost stories: visual and auditory hallucinations, a feeling of dread, pressure on the chest, nightmares. Many people who have experienced haunted house phenomena have been found to have carbon monoxide in their blood. Our question is, who (or what) caused the leak—was it a ghost? And what caused that ghost’s death—was it a carbon monoxide leak? The song’s title comes from another symptom of CO poisoning that usually isn’t discovered until it’s too late: the bright red color it turns one’s blood.

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do you hear the motor running
pilot light went out
who left the gas on

is it just the television
whispers in the dark
another night of bad dreams

you can hear the restless spirits
feel a sense of dread
what’s in the basement

take a dizzy inhalation
you can’t catch your breath
you’ve got the vapors

cherry red
that’s how you’ll know
the evidence
when blood runs cold
nobody said
you need a ghost
to have your house be haunted
have your house be haunted
have your house be haunted

cherry red
that’s how you’ll know
the evidence
when blood runs cold
nobody said
you need a ghost
to have your house be haunted
have your house be haunted
have your house be haunted

heavy weight of apprehension
pressing on your chest
you’re going under

floating through the empty hallways
you haven’t left your bed
forever slumber

cherry red
that’s how you’ll know
the evidence
when blood runs cold
nobody said
you need a ghost
to have your house be haunted
have your house be haunted
have your house be haunted

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released October 27, 2023
Ellia Bisker: vocals, ukulele, piano
Jeff Morris: vocals, guitars, piano
Don Godwin: drums, bass
Kate Wakefield: cello

Engineered and mixed by Don Godwin Tonal Park in Takoma park, MD
Mastered by Stefan Heger

Written & composed by Ellia Bisker & Jeff Morris
Produced by Charming Disaster
Cover art by Jeff Morris

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Charming Disaster Brooklyn, New York

Charming Disaster is a goth-folk duo based in Brooklyn, NY, formed in 2012 by Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris. Inspired by the macabre humor of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton, the murder ballads of the Americana tradition, and the dramatic flair of the cabaret, they write songs that tell stories about death, crime, myth, magic, folklore, and the occult. ... more

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