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Black​-​Backed Box EP

by Vertigo Fox

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1.
The Wasteland Generator 02:35
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2.
Clockwork 05:19
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In and out of packs who barely note my absence Each functions smoothly as a broken clock What's persuasive, is born of sheer coincidence Run and fly, descend, we feed, then move off If this is a beginning, beginning of what? The cogs, coiling springs, they never stop Counting up to future time they never meant to come Those who won’t learn the course of the ships they pilot … Civilizations of clockwork, fire and glass Scents of warm bodies, rot, bone, and volcanic ash Within all their motion, don’t see this tail’s unmoving They repeat what they’re made for, unquestioned But when was the last time they wound up their springs? Driven by fruits of spoiled knowledge long turned to carrion If this is a beginning, beginning of what? Their cogs, their coils, never bother to stop Ticking till a coming time burns their back-stripe right off And they won’t learn to steer the vessels they pilot … Is this the start of something that can’t ever be stopped? Wind on this flank mixing my scent with their breath’s rot They never meant these things, this time, to come So they tick on, as though it has not …
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Crystallize 04:27
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To teeter on the brink Did I see what took place here? Does one follow scent of this thing? Are you the one that made me– a naked, killing thing, who’s lost in the light In the cold, with no time, changing shape through this flight If I slow down enough for plain thoughts to crystallize Are you the one that destroyed me? … Bring you ruined space, lifeless Are you gods, or a virus? Let your world crystallize Give me something that can never be mine I can’t remember much But could it have been your touch? That tasted my blood, my fear Left me in this shrinking sphere– a shifter that can’t recall its own true form Climbing up and up, tail streaking, weapons itch for more Slow down, let feelings crystallize out of cyclone storm Did you shape me, just to send me to die here? … … I can’t remember What it is to exist here You try and give me back all that we were Yet, at the same time, make it disappear
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Alien Wind 04:30
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When sky wizards – mistakenly! – allowed them Awareness of themselves They say it took some time to notice I think some still have failed to notice … Unarmoured, unanchored Not lost, even as a leaf on the wind Your monster, no longer Can’t force your eyes open to what we’ve been To strange worlds, on strange winds Naked to unknown forests Name these weapons, this fight Sharp tips of each paw, all the bits in my bite Do I know what this is all for? Do I know who gave me these wings? Do I fear what will happen to me If ever I find out these things? You, who don’t care What you were, and what we’ve become You, can’t see or smell All this changing we’ve just begun Our tails point only down when we don’t fly And the food flees well ahead of your stomp I can’t be lost, never knew where I’m going You move like a seven-legged spider limping through a swamp … The questions, my answer I’m finding out what world I’m in Your monster, no longer Can’t force your eyes open to what I’ve seen
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From the Deep 02:44
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Climb up dank passages in the dark Smelling of wet fur, and sodden bark Lost in metal odour of this place Now let my claws out It's time to play the game Swim up wet corridors in the dark That stink of silver devils, and now my mark Lost in metal odour of this place My tail's like a streamer Chasing, now this is my game Leap from wall to wall to reach the heights Convincing me I'm not what I think I am Can you help me? Can this feeling set me free? Can it save me? Climb up these dank branches in the dark Stinking of wet fur and sodden bark Survey above but it all looks the same Let these claws come out, and ignite my flame
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(\) |*| (\) 01:12
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Reassert 04:43
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Under daybreak, bitten Try holding on, but I fail As you watch and listen Then force me to fly away Running and falling, close in for mauling And you better do your worst Hunting information, hunt beings and nations Prowling the shadow we'll cast upon the earth … To disappear like a phantom Like the dust on a whisper of wind To strike, then fade from existence To return to this lush world’s dark twin Fly naked next to you Till my tail flicks me across these realities Claws rip through worlds for you Tumbling through sky here, thick fog, I won’t die here But sometimes the healing hurts And straightening out, see my whole world spread out Spread your dark magic, so wonder reasserts Strike, then fade, a tawny phantom Transfer, just a bite, to spread our wings to them Running and flying, move close for spying Tracking the scents of their worst Hunt information, hunt beings and nations Prowling our shadow that’ll be cast upon the earth … … To return to my lush world, as it’s remade from within
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Abyss of Amber 04:50
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Abyss of leaves Move across branching paths, that go down and down Coming for me Through trees that are all that's left of my world, unbound Naked at the very edge of the end of it all Can I take it down? … Crumbling stone platforms, all that endures Of how they thought they could stand tall There’s no such thing left, as down to earth And we all better not fall Trees like their cathedrals Counting the hours, gaining unearthly powers What we’ve got’s not evil Neither is it right, still living bound in amber My tail drops as I hear them coming closer Letting out an animal growl Pads glint with light, run, find the right spot to fight Claw up every inch lest it all become fouled Trapped, locked within a single moment in time No ground, no sky, just infinitely alive … … Trapped, locked within, a single moment Where the trees go down and down and down

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A few atmospheric tracks made mainly with my Roland synth and my Gretsch guitar as a sort of experiment in how I would write to score a game mod if the only thing I had to go on was a single snippet of video. Since the tracks weren't actually attached to any game project I decided to add lyrics and make them an EP.
There's more in-depth notes on why each track was made the way it was included in the download, but that's the short version, anyway :)

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released October 1, 2022

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Vertigo Fox Winnipeg, Manitoba

Vertigo Fox is a band made up of one mysterious, probably catlike creature.
A mysterious creature who, tired of hearing the same themes in music year in and year out, decided to create something altogether stranger.


Vertigo Fox enjoys long walks and hikes, though the cats he inevitably encounters always tell him they're prowls. ... more

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