Infrared Riding Hood

The album was produced by Jack Endino.[8] Due to the departure of founding guitarist Gary Thorstensen, frontman Tad Doyle played all of the guitar parts.[9]

The cover of the album is an "electron micrograph under a blue bleed", as stated by bassist Kurt Danielson. "In an odd way, the image seemed appropriate to the album name."

Despite enthusiasm and hopes for a long-awaited commercial breakthrough, their A&R representative was fired, and within one week, all of her bands, including Tad, were dropped from the label.[10] It was the second time in three years that Tad had been dropped by a major label.[11]

The album sold poorly, having had very little promotion behind it.[12]

Trouser Press lamented "the sheer redundancy of skulk-fests like 'Bludge' and 'Thistle Suit'."[13] The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that "the band maintains a big, boisterous sound full of metal-flavored guitar riffs and snarling vocals, with enough rocking, melodic hooks to snag a place on the edges of the alternative mainstream."[14]

1. "Ictus" - 3:17
2. "Bullhorn" - 3:17
3. "Thistle Suit" - 4:51
4. "Emotional Cockroach" - 3:46
5. "Red Eye Angel" - 2:17
6. "Bludge" - 2:35
7. "Dementia" - 3:27
8. "Weakling" - 3:28
9. "Halcyon Nights" - 3:19
10. "Particle Accelerator" - 3:25
11. "Tool Marks" - 2:59
12. "Mystery Copter" - 27:07 (there is about 10 minutes of blank recording from 7:17 to 17:17 in this track).
13. "Obsidian Lights" - 2:38 (Japan-only bonus track)

• Tad Doyle – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Kurt Danielson – bass
• Josh Sinder – drums
• Jack Endino – producer, engineering, mixing
• John Agnello – mixing
• Eddy Schyreyer – mastering