Thirst Receptors
Original Release Date: 08/29/3129
Vlad Voivode (known by his stage name Thirst Receptors) made waves with his 3127 release Thrown Down A Well, an ode to his youth and the friendships he made with mice and spiders that carried him into the world of music. Fresh off a life-changing intergalactic tour, Vlad's yearning to evolve his music beyond the rinky-dink plucking he had mastered on his first album led him to a self-imposed exile. Blindly choosing a planet with almost no compatible life, he set up a mobile studio in the harsh landscape of purple sand and pink thunderstorms. Now a hermit by choice, though his mice and spider pals did stick around for the opportunity, he was far from the maddening dictatorship of his father, who had originally thrown him down a well and chased him from his village. That choice informed the bulk of Fang Breaker—a play on the phrase "cutting ones teeth"—and led Vlad down a mental highway that included plenty of what-if scenarios and how close he had come to being just another skeleton at the bottom of a well. Fueled by the howling winds around him and self-imposed quarantine, he finished the album in one Earth Week (2,191 Galactic Weeks), a record by many standards. This is where most fans pick up the story of Vlad Voivode. Finished with his opus, he attempted to engage the launch sequence of his mobile studio only to find that the harsh atmosphere of the rogue planet had damaged the engines. Left to starve, as he would never betray his mice and spiders to his belly, his producers and agent lost contact with him soon after. A rescue mission was launched sometime later—there were questions surrounding Vlad's management and their ability to handle money—but when the first responders arrived, the studio was empty, the only evidence left the recordings of Fang Breaker.
Side A
Exiled
Nothing More
The Light Below
I Am Not An Animal
Side B
Fang Breaker
Cease To Be
A Raised Fist
Echoes In The Sandstorm