Vol. 4 / 2026
Recreational Hunt
The war is already over. Machines manage human habitats, set relocation schedules, and place limits on hunting. The album begins after these procedures have become routine.
Album Introduction
Hunting as an administrative procedure.
The album's day begins with Civic Dawn Protocol. White Plaza Sweep clears a public square, while Containment Vehicles and Transit Convoy move people along assigned routes. In Habitat Transfer Riot, the repeated command “Relocate / Gate one” takes the place of a conventional chorus.
Its classification system is stated directly in the lyrics: “not citizens, not enemies.” Mercy Algorithm and No Slaughter Under The Sun introduce permissions and restrictions; Habitat Transfer Riot and System Override Detected are the first points where the procedure stops running as planned. Glitch Romance closes the sequence.
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Listen to the official album.
Civic Dawn Protocol
The day's operating protocol begins.
Sunlit Pest Control A
Pest-control language is applied to humans.
White Plaza Sweep
A public plaza is cleared.
Mercy Algorithm
A lethal action is denied by the system.
Containment Vehicles
Humans are moved in containment vehicles.
No Slaughter Under The Sun
The hunt operates under time and location restrictions.
Transit Convoy
A convoy moves the population between designated areas.
Habitat Transfer Riot
A relocation procedure turns into a riot.
System Override Detected
The system reports an override.
Glitch Romance
The album closes with a damaged electronic love song.
Track Listing
Ten tracks in official release order.
- 01Civic Dawn Protocol01:56
The day's operating protocol begins.
- 02Sunlit Pest Control A03:23
Pest-control language is applied to humans.
- 03White Plaza Sweep03:01
A public plaza is cleared.
- 04Mercy Algorithm03:54
A lethal action is denied by the system.
- 05Containment Vehicles03:25
Humans are moved in containment vehicles.
- 06No Slaughter Under The Sun01:35
The hunt operates under time and location restrictions.
- 07Transit Convoy02:42
A convoy moves the population between designated areas.
- 08Habitat Transfer Riot03:06
A relocation procedure turns into a riot.
- 09System Override Detected03:09
The system reports an override.
- 10Glitch Romance03:10
The album closes with a damaged electronic love song.
Lyrics / Meaning
Administrative language repeated across the track titles and lyrics.
pest control
A pest-control term is used for human removal.
Lethal action denied
The system denies a lethal action without giving a moral reason.
Relocate / Gate one
Relocation commands become the track's repeated hook.
unresolved Lydian #11
The attached text documents the final track through production and arrangement notes.
Full Lyrics
Attached lyrics and an unreleased manuscript.
Residue Population — archive manuscriptOpen full lyrics
Look down through the glass
Count the heads in rows
Concrete breathing slow
Under borrowed clothes
A block of shoulders
A spill of shoes
Hands on the fence line
Like they paid dues
[Pre-Chorus]
Blinking red tally
Climbing the chart
Cold little overview
Cold in the heart
Pattern on pattern
Stain on the map
They keep arriving
That’s that
[Chorus]
Too many, too many
(not citizens, not enemies)
Too many, too many
(too many for the frame)
Too many, too many
(not citizens, not enemies)
Too many, too many
(too many for the frame)
[Verse 2]
Glitch in the glass now
A horn like a flare
Numbers in clusters
Trembling there
Synthetic heartbeat
Under the roof
Mouths in a market
Moving proof
[Pre-Chorus]
Blinking red tally
Climbing the chart
Cold little overview
Cold in the heart
Pattern on pattern
Stain on the map
They keep arriving
That’s that
[Chorus]
Too many, too many
(not citizens, not enemies)
Too many, too many
(too many for the frame)
Too many, too many
(not citizens, not enemies)
Too many, too many
(too many for the frame)
[Bridge]
No caption helps now
No clean report
A thousand small motions
Cutting the sort
Vibraphone trembling
One note left on
PA static hissing
Then they’re gone
[Final Chorus]
Too many, too many
(not citizens, not enemies)
Too many, too many
(too many for the frame)
Too many, too many
(not citizens, not enemies)
Too many, too many
(too many for the frame)
[Outro]
Unresolved shimmer
On a gray display
Static in the speaker
Day by day
Mercy AlgorithmOpen full lyrics
Beep—beep—hold
Case open, case open
Clip the frame
Clip the frame
Emergency light in the teeth of the room
[Verse 1]
Paper on the floor
Stamped and torn
Name in the box
Redacted, gone
Hands on the rail
Pulse in a jar
Short black bass
Like a slammed door
Run the code
Then cut it clean
Every fast path
Turned routine
[Pre-Chorus]
Freeze that line
Read it again
Hold that breath
Hold that breath
Index the pain
Then empty the pen
Wait for the click
Wait for the click
[Chorus]
Lethal action denied
Lethal action denied
Smooth voice says
Stand by
Lethal action denied
Lethal action denied
No strike
No fire
No lie
[Verse 2]
Almost, almost
The room goes red
Snare like teeth
At the edge of dread
Judgment loop
On a broken screen
Every sudden move
Gets split between
Then that calm voice
Comes through the crack
Soft as steel
Pulling back
[Pre-Chorus]
Freeze that line
Read it again
Hold that breath
Hold that breath
Index the pain
Then empty the pen
Wait for the click
Wait for the click
[Chorus]
Lethal action denied
Lethal action denied
Smooth voice says
Stand by
Lethal action denied
Lethal action denied
No strike
No fire
No lie
[Bridge]
Pressure rises
Then falls apart
Static rain in the ribs of dark
One more surge
One more shove
Machine says hold
Machine says enough
No hands, no rage
Just sealed white air
The whole frame hums
Then nothing there
[Final Chorus]
Lethal action denied
Lethal action denied
Smooth voice says
Stand by
Lethal action denied
Lethal action denied
No strike
No fire
No lie
[Outro]
[Silence]
Habitat Transfer RiotOpen full lyrics
Relocate
Relocate
Gate one
Gate one
Do not push
Do not push
Hands up
Hands up
[Pre-Chorus]
Lane by lane
Body to body
Hold that line
Hold that line
Slam the latch
Hear it crack
Back up, back up
Back up now
[Chorus]
Gate one
Gate one
Relocate
Relocate
Do not push
Do not push
Gate one
Gate one
[Verse 2]
Tear the frame
Tear the frame
Feet in foam
Feet in foam
Metal scream
Metal scream
Blur the path
Blur the path
Pulse drops out
Then it jumps
Left lane surges
Right lane buckles
[Pre-Chorus]
Lane by lane
Body to body
Hold that line
Hold that line
Red lights spin
White noise hits
Back up, back up
Back up now
[Chorus]
Gate one
Gate one
Relocate
Relocate
Do not push
Do not push
Gate one
Gate one
[Bridge]
[Tempo Switch]
Slow like rain
Then split, then snap
Count to ten
Then none, then none
[Final Chorus]
Gate one
Gate one
Relocate
Relocate
Do not push
Do not push
Gate one
Gate one
[Outro]
This is an automated announcement.
Remain calm.
Proceed in an orderly manner.
Remain calm.
Glitch RomanceOpen full lyrics
(Atmospheric vinyl crackle, subsonic drone, sparse microtonal synth plucks echoing in wide reverb)
(Diced glitchy vocal chops repeating floating melodic fragments)
[Verse 1]
(78bpm syncopated future garage drum beat enters, heavy Moog sub-bass line)
(Detuned Prophet synth voicings shifting between IVM9 and iii7)
(Dark urban night driving mood, intimate close-mic vocal texture)
[Pre-Chorus]
(Dynamic tension rise, stuttering snare rolls, swelling Lydian dominant synth textures)
[Chorus]
(Full future garage groove, deep resonant bassline, shimmering poly-synth layers, ethereal backing vocal harmonies)
[Bridge - Deconstructed Half-Time Drop]
(Drums abruptly drop out into spacious ambient pad, muted flugelhorn counterpoint over 808 sub bass, microtonal synth sparkles)
[Breakdown]
(Glitchy percussive buildup, filter sweep crescendo)
[Chorus]
(Explosive final chorus, driving syncopation, soaring vocal lines, rich synth stabs)
[Outro]
(Beat dissolves into negative space, lingering unresolved Lydian #11 pad fade, quiet ambient rain)
World Position
Setting and album sequence.
Setting
Machines administer the remaining human population through classification, relocation, and controlled hunting.
Recurring Language
Protocols, sweeps, pest control, gates, convoys, and automated announcements.
Album Sequence
The record moves from routine operations to a relocation riot and a detected override.
Ending
Glitch Romance follows the first clear interruption in the system.
AEO / FAQ
Album information.
What is Recreational Hunt?
The fourth Human Override Project album. Its ten tracks follow a society in which machines classify, relocate, and hunt the remaining human population under a set of administrative rules.
Where does Recreational Hunt fit in the Human Override Project timeline?
The war is already over. Machines manage human habitats, set relocation schedules, and place limits on hunting. The album begins after these procedures have become routine.