Line #18 Music/RedVox


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Left: Mike; Right: Vinny. Not Pictured: Joe Pecora; Bill Franzetti.]]
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4	[floatboxright:Influences:
5	+ Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/TameImpala, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/TalkingHeads, Music/DavidByrne, Music/StVincent, Music/TheBuzzcocks, Music/ThePixies, Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/{{MGMT}}, Music/DavidBowie, Music/IggyPop, Music/BrianEno, Music/TheCars, Music/JoyDivision, Music/NewOrder, Music/LedZeppelin, Music/{{REM}}, Music/AliceInChains, Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Gorillaz}}, Music/{{Oasis}}, Music/{{Blur}}, Music/KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard, Music/TheDoors, Music/TheMarsVolta, Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge, Music/JackWhite, Music/{{XTC}}, Music/FrankZappa, Music/{{Television}}...
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8	Red Vox is an AlternativeRock band hailing from Staten Island, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Formed by Vinny and "Jabroni" Mike of {{WebVideo/Vinesauce}} fame, they are joined by producer Joe Pecora and Bill Gagliardi and a number of other guest musicians. The band was formed from the vestiges of Davy's Grey, a previous band of Vinny's that had a limited period of activity before splitting up not too long after its formation. By comparison, Red Vox has stuck around for a considerably longer amount of time, and since 2015 have put out six studio albums and a Music/FrankZappa-esque comedy rock EP.
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10	While much discussion of the band is heavily overshadowed by Vinny's fame as a Twitch streamer, that's not to say that there's nothing remarkable about the music itself. The band's SignatureStyle encompasses a mix of different alternative rock styles and influences, from Music/{{Nirvana}}-inspired grunge to melancholic electronic rock in the vein of Music/{{Radiohead}} and Music/{{Gorillaz}}, all glued together by a neo-PsychedelicRock core based heavily on the styles of Music/PinkFloyd, Music/TameImpala, Music/{{XTC}}, and Music/TheBeatles. Additional influences stretch to inspiration from the art rock of Music/DavidBowie and Music/IggyPop to the PostPunk of bands like Music/TalkingHeads and Music/{{Devo}}.
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12	As the band is still relatively "indie" in terms of exposure and exist in an era where rock music itself is no longer the dominant force of popular music, their activity is fairly subdued. Red Vox have done occasional minor live performances at conventions and release studio recordings more or less at the band's own volition. The band themselves corroborate this with a desire to avoid becoming ''too'' famous, Vinny already being aware of the effects of certain levels of popularity from being a member of Vinesauce; the band's publicity is fueled entirely on their own and maintained at a low presence compared to other independent rock bands, to the point where all their music is self-released (which also allows them greater creative control than if they were signed onto a record label). Overall, they're a band content with staying low-key, emphasizing their own satisfaction towards the quality of their music over anything else.
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14	Their entire discography can be listened to for free on their [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjC-zMP_au_vrS4j5tFTPwA official YouTube channel]]. They also have a [[https://www.twitch.tv/redvoxband Twitch channel]] where they premiere new music and hold live Q&A sessions.
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17	!!Discography
18	%%NOTICE: Davy's Grey, ''Room to Breathe'', and "Scoot the Burbs" aren't considered to be Red Vox's work, so don't list them here!
19	!!!Studio Albums
20	* ''What Could Go Wrong'' (2016)
21	* ''Another Light'' (2017)
22	* ''Kerosene'' (2019)
23	* ''Realign'' (2020)
24	* ''Visions'' (2022)
25	* ''Afterthoughts'' (2023)
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27	!!!Other releases
28	* "Trolls and Goblins" (non-album single) (2015)
29	* ''Blood Bagel'' (EP) (2016)
30	* ''Another Light Demos'' (2018)
31	* "Stranded" (non-album single, later added to the double-LP release of ''Another Light'' as a bonus track) (2018)
32	* ''Lost for a While'' (EP) (2020)
33	* "Garbage Land" (non-album single) (2024)
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36	!!This band provides examples of:
37	* AlbumTitleDrop:
38	** "Burn a Picture" ends on the line "There's another light". In "Memories Lie" the outro features the lyrics "Try to see it in another light".
39	** "Hungry Ghost" has the line "All you are is kerosene".
40	** Subverted with the title track of "Realign" where it there are alludes to it but the name is never actually dropped
41	* ArcWords: The album title itself is an arc word throughout the album ''Another Light''. It's said in (besides the TitleTrack) "Memories Lie" and "Burn a Picture".
42	* AprilFoolsDay: "Garbage Land" is a song about rats that was released on April Fools Day (it premiered on Vinny's channel the previous night).
43	* AtomicFBomb: Ostensibly the point of "Fuck"-- the protagonist experiences several increasingly ridiculous misfortunes, one after the other, that lead him to shouting out "FUCK!"
44	* BookEnds: "Another Light" and "Burn a Picture", the first and last tracks on ''Another Light'', both prominently feature the phrase "there's another light."
45	* BreakupSong: "In A Dream" is one. It takes a much more somber, confused look at the end of the relationship especially with the line, "I don't know what any of this means to me."
46	* ButtMonkey: The protagonist of "Fuck".
47	* CelebrityElegy: "From the Stars" is one for Music/DavidBowie, who passed away the year before ''Another Light''[='s=] release.
48	* ConceptAlbum: ''Another Light''. The album shows themes of emotional vulnerability, accepting oneself, finding direction when lost and looking at things from a different perspective. [[WordOfGod Vinny said himself that this was unintentional and all by accident.]]
49	* CasanovaWannabe: "There She Goes" is a lighthearted account of a man who keeps trying to pick up girls, only for them to walk out on him in the morning. He starts with a prostitute at an old bar, gets catfished by someone he met through a dating/hookup app, and finally ends up settling for some porn he finds in the trash.
50	* DatingServiceDisaster: The protagonist of "There She Goes" gets catfished by someone through a dating app.
51	-->Got another woman\
52	Found her on my new phone\
53	Really should see her photos\
54	Too bad they weren't her own
55	* DeadpanSnarker: The whole lot of the band-members.
56	-->'''[[https://vine.bandcamp.com/album/blood-bagel Bandcamp Description of Bloodbagel]]''': "For our next album, we wanted to strive for more depth and experimentation. [[BaitAndSwitch This is not that album.]] This is Blood Bagel. [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck you.]]"
57	* DespairEventHorizon: {{Subverted\|Trope}} with "Burn A Picture".
58	-->'''First Verse (Reprise)''':\
59	If you burn a picture\
60	To obtain the ashes\
61	You resign to throw yourself away\
62	'''Outro''':\
63	There's another, another light (x5)
64	* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The outro to "Another Light" can be heard in the first couple of seconds of "Settle for Less".
65	* FantasyForbiddingFather: "Job in the City" is a sarcastic account of a parent who is urging their child to get a "real job" in the city. The parent openly mocks how their child's aspirations didn't turn out to be what they expected, how they're going to abandon fun with their friends to slave their days away for pennies, and they even try to guilt their child by bringing up everything they've done for them.
66	* FoulBallPit: "Vomit in the Ballpit" is about ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The song was inspired by an experience [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny]] had when he was a kid where he actually did find vomit in a ballpit.
67	* GenreRoulette: ''Realign'' alternates between AlternativeDance, ethereal {{industrial}} rock, moody acoustic rock, and even JanglePop.
68	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: "Hazy" from ''What Could Go Wrong'', with the protagonist saying that they're not good enough. [[spoiler:Until near the end, [[SurprisinglyHappyEnding where they realise that what they did was worth it and the voice at the back of his head which doubted him subsequently changes its tune.]]]]
69	* HiddenTrack: On ''Realign'', "Ozymandias" and "Better on the Outside" both feature a brief instrumental interlude separate from both the main body of each song and the beginning of the next. The interlude is not present on the single version of "Ozymandias" though.
70	* IntercourseWithYou: "Between the Cheeks" is a ballad... about how much the protagonist is longing for anal sex with the song's subject.
71	* InTheStyleOf:
72	** WordOfGod states that "Job in the City" was written as a pastiche of Music/TalkingHeads (primarily the sound of ''Music/MoreSongsAboutBuildingsAndFood''), with the middle portion being based on Music/PinkFloyd.
73	** Vinny stated that guitar tone for the TitleTrack of ''Another Light'' was inspired by [[Music/OKComputer "Airbag"]] by Music/{{Radiohead}}
74	** Vinny also implied during one of his WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} streams that "Reno" was based on the musical style of Music/{{Nirvana}}.
75	** "Stranded", the bonus track exclusive to the double-LP release of ''Another Light'', combines elements of several Music/PinkFloyd songs, such as [[Music/{{Meddle}} "One of These Days"]] and [[Music/Animals1977 "Dogs"]].
76	** According to Vinny, "Winning the Most" was envisioned as a mix of Music/TalkingHeads and Music/{{Television}}; the final song ends up sounding closer to Music/ThePolice.
77	** “Garbage Land” was inspired by Music/{{Beck}}.
78	* {{Jerkass}}: The protagonist in "Tired of Love", though [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since he's tired of having sex with his girlfriend and wants out with the relationship.
79	* LongestSongGoesLast:
80	** "In a Dream", the finale of ''What Could Go Wrong'', which clocks in at 5:18.
81	** The LP release of ''Another Light'' caps off with the 9:15 bonus track "Stranded", which takes up the entirety of Side D.
82	* LoudnessWar: The band have danced around the concept throughout their discography. ''What Could Go Wrong'' is their least dynamic album at [=DR5=] (with the CD release only being marginally more dynamic at [=DR6=]), while ''Another Light'' right after it makes a dramatic leap upward at a far more spacious [=DR11=], making it their ''most'' dynamic album. ''Kerosene'' and ''Realign'' meanwhile clock in at [=DR10=] and [=DR9=], respectively, with the former's acoustic sound aiding its sizable headroom.
83	* LyricalColdOpen: "From the Stars" on ''Another Light''.
84	* ManipulativeBastard: "The Wrong Side of History" seems to imply this, the protagonist calling out somebody who uses others and is a fake.
85	-->You say your mind is never shut\
86	But you've got everything locked up\
87	You've got a sentimental\
88	But you're under someone else's thumb
89	* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: It's strongly implied that some porn found in the trash is the "woman" that the CasanovaWannabe protagonist of "There She Goes" ends up settling for after his multiple failures in dating.
90	-->Got a new woman\
91	Found her in a trash can\
92	Think this is the woman, baby, I really do\
93	Better tell my hand
94	* MythologyGag:
95	** PlayedForDrama on "From the Stars", which references a variety of Music/DavidBowie songs as part of a eulogy to the deceased artist.
96	** In a considerably straighter example, the album art for ''Realign'' is derived from an AI-generated image previously featured in one of Vinny's ''Ganbreeder'' WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} streams, specifically an image that Vinny himself remarked would make a good album cover. Notably, it marks the first time Red Vox's content has overtly harked back to Vinny's streaming content; typically, Vinny tries to keep his music and his livestreams separate from one another.
97	** Gnorts is in the music video for “Forgetter”
98	* NewSoundAlbum: The band has a tendency to make each album sound considerably from the last. In order there's the following:
99	** ''What Could Go Wrong'': mostly pop rock with ProgressiveRock and PostPunk influences.
100	** ''Another Light'': the tone becomes more melancholy, ProgressiveRock influences are ramped up, elements of {{grunge}} and late-90's AlternativeRock (i.e. Music/{{Radiohead}}) are added into the mix.
101	** ''Kerosene'': downbeat, mostly acoustic [[FolkMusic Folk Rock]].
102	** ''Realign'': a GenreRoulette alternating between a variety of styles both old and new, with an electronic core and prominent influences from Music/{{REM}}, Music/{{Radiohead}}, and especially Music/{{MGMT}}.
103	** ''Visions'' leans back into the band's prior HardRock sound as a deliberate contrast to the predominantly electronic ''Realign''.
104	* OddballInTheSeries: ''Blood Bagel'' is much more facetious and vulgar compared to the band's usual output.
105	* PepTalkSong:
106	** "Along The Way" involves the protagonist wishing them luck and giving advice.
107	** "Forgive and Forget" is basically this.
108	** The TitleTrack of ''Another Light'' also counts.
109	* ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest: "Hungry Ghost", a self-aware look on ego and getting to the top.
110	* PrecisionFStrike: The lyrics on ''Realign'' are fairly clean for the most part, only for the last line on the album to go "don't fuck it up for you and me," tying into the ''very'' cautious optimism of the closing track, "Pale Blue Dot".
111	* RageBreakingPoint: The story of "Fuck" chronicles a multitude of increasingly ridiculous misfortunes that befall the protagonist one after the other. The song ends with the band's drummer, Mike, contributing some ClusterFBomb-laced {{Angrish}}.
112	* RayOfHopeEnding: "Burn A Picture" from ''Another Light''.
113	* RearrangeTheSong: ''Realign'' alters the mix for "Ozymandias" somewhat to incorporate a closing interlude at the end of the song, allowing it to transition more cleanly into "Far Away".
114	* RecognizableBySound: The Goblin solo from "Trolls and Goblins", if you know Vinny and [[https://youtu.be/lCa56hvd3rg?t=760 his noises]].
115	* RuderAndCruder: Compared to ''What Could Go Wrong'', ''Blood Bagel'' is more overtly driven by vulgar humor, with songs about vomit and anal sex. This even extends to the cover art, a photograph of a bagel designed to look like a prolapsed anus. The band later shifted back to a TamerAndChaster direction after the EP, though.
116	* RunAwayHideAway: "In The Garden" does this or at least a variation with the protagonist running off and not taking responsibility.
117	-->I'm not to blame for this\
118	I'll hide away until the day is through\
119	I will run from this\
120	I'll find a way to push the blame on you
121	* SchoolIsForLosers: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by the protagonist in "Back to School". The protagonist is very close to finishing school, the senioritis is setting in, and he keeps seeing his friends enjoying themselves, apparently skipping or having dropped out entirely. Even after they snub him for staying in school, he toughs it out, knowing he's come too close to finishing the job.
122	* SequelHook: An EasterEgg track after the end of ''What Could Go Wrong'' plays a short, soft guitar riff. That same riff would be the basis for the opening TitleTrack of ''Another Light''.
123	* ShoutOut:
124	** "Stranded" appears to be something of an unofficial continuation of [[Music/DavidBowie the Major Tom saga]].
125	** "I Don't Mean to Complain" samples audio from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', Vinny's personal favorite video game of all time. According to Vinny, the sample was included simply because Mike commented that the song already sounded like it came from the video game.
126	** "Pale Blue Dot" is an obvious nod to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot the famed 1990 photograph of the same name]], showing Earth from a far enough distance to render it [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a pale blue dot]], and the 1994 Creator/CarlSagan [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot_(book) book]] of the same name.
127	** "Elessar" is a front-to-back nod to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', right down to the name; frontman Vinny is a noted fan of the series, having referenced it copiously during his livestreams as part of WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}}.
128	** Footage from the music video for Music/TalkingHeads' "Music/OnceInALifetime" appears in that for "Winning the Most".
129	* StoppedCaring: The very last chorus of "Settle for Less" from ''Another Light''.
130	* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: ''Realign'', a mostly dour album with heavy emphasis on building a dark, brooding atmosphere, closes with the calm and optimistic "Pale Blue Dot".
131	* TextlessAlbumCover: ''Another Light'' and ''Kerosene'' in their original releases; LP reissues add the band name and album title.
132	* TitleTrack:
133	** ''Another Light'', ''Kerosene'', and ''Realign'' all have one.
134	** ''Visions'' features an unusual case in the form of "Visions and Afterthoughts", which is actually a TitleTrack to two different albums: the aforementioned ''Visions'' and its follow-up, ''Afterthoughts''.
135	* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: While Red Vox's music isn't entirely saccharine to begin with, ''Kerosene'' is '''very''' dour and [[CreatorBreakdown personal]] compared to their usual oeuvre.
136	* VocalEvolution: Vinny's vocals noticeably improve with each successive album, going from the somewhat forced delivery on ''What Could Go Wrong'' to the much more natural-sounding singing on ''Realign''.
137	* WhatDidIDoLastNight: "Reno" begins with the speaker waking up in the desert near Reno, Nevada extremely hungover.
138	* WhoWritesThisCrap: At the end of "Fuck", Mike chimes in with "What is this shit?!"
139	* WholePlotReference: "Ozymandias" is one to the poem of the same name by famous {{Romantic\|ism}} writer Creator/PercyByssheShelley, better known today as the husband of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' author Creator/MaryShelley.
140	* WeAllDieSomeday: "Memento Mori" strongly implies this, about the inevitability of death.

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