“Hyperion”
RBY
Acidic
Original Release Date: 07/14/4610
Red, blue, yellow. We take them for granted, dear Audionauts. Happy are we to allow the stars of the universe to transmit powerful rays of colorful light, which we then trust our ocular programming to accurately reconstruct and depict. For Acidic (twins Brønsteed and Lowree), color was a form of communication. Their race, the Litmooses, were friendly to a fault, their skin color shading towards their moods, leaving them quite honest but reactionary. Their homeworld flowed with thick rivers of citritus, a harmlessly sour liquid that made travel by vessel extremely difficult, yet also tasty. Navigating these flows was necessary for transit and commerce, and the sluggish pace was the perfect guide for those looking to take a step back from their lives and marvel at the planet as they slogged from south to north. Working on one such voyage, the crew of their crude oil tanker threw themselves a party (for they were about to dock and receive their long overdue pay). However, there was no entertainment to accompany the libations, and the fellas were getting restless. Brønsteed and Lowree, who had maintained a penchant for music from their youth, hopped to the front of the mess hall and proceeded to bang out a setlist worth of professional tasty beats, pleading the drunkards and fools to bop and toe-tap until all hours of the morning. Because of their fellow Litmooses' glowing skin, they used the colors of their audiences' enthusiasm to change tempos, melodies, and keys, locking onto exactly what they wanted to listen to with little to no filler. What was a surprise to the vessel was an event that was a bigger shock to Acidic itself: could they leave behind the back-breaking work of their homeworld and ascend into the stars? Yes, dear Audionauts, yes, they could. RBY is a recreation of that fateful setlist (within reason, as several spoken word interludes were cut not only for time but for their profanity). With help in the studio, and additional vetting by fellow Litmooses, RBY became fan service in the best possible way: eight tasty tunes fit not only for the hull of an oil tanker, but the biggest stages in the Universe. As sludgy and slow-moving as the citritus rivers, the music takes on the cooling tones of blue, the electric yellows, and the stomping-mad reds that Litmooses were known for and quantifies them to a satisfying menu. Tune in, drop out, taste the rainbow.
Side A
Cowards, Make Yourselves Known!
Scourge of the Open Seas
Don't Get Nervous
I. Declare. Blasphemy!
Side B
Laser River
Litmoose Test
Sludge Down Under
Hyperion