GLITTER GLAMOUR ATROCITY

Glitter Glamour Atrocity is a snapshot of the band in the midst of an
incredible burst of creativity, and was recorded during the same sessions
that produced Heads On Fire and Abstractions & Mutations, Sonically,
it is radically different from anything else coming out of the New York
underground at the time, and it set the template for the singular concoction
of heavy psychedelic music, krautrock, and a worship of pure sound they
have explored in different variations ever since, Throughout the album the
band explores themes of greed, misinformation, war, hypocrisy and their
outcomes within the world's political and economic systems, presenting
these weighty topics with the same air of mystic understanding that
underpins their music, Glitter Glamour Atrocity includes the song "Under
Skin Or By Name," the longest running staple in the band's live set, which
the band performed in the acclaimed film Only Lovers Left Alive at the
request of director Jim Jarmusch, It is one of only two performances in
the movie, which is enamored with the music making process and record
collector culture.
Following the mood-setting intro track and the meditative bombast of
"Under Skin or By Name," WHITE HILLS settle into the sparse groove of
"Spirit of Exile," an expression of a desire to live apart from a culture that
one does not fit into, These songs glow with the burning vitality and passion
of free thinkers trapped in the waning years of the Bush administration.
Those sentiments are perhaps most compellingly expressed on "Love
Serve Remember," a warped, surreal vision of life after 9/11 seen through
the eyes of someone who witnessed the event first-hand, interspersed
with a brilliantly edited speech by Bush himself in which he admits "I was
a threat to the United States."
Glitter Glamour Atrocity was recorded with the first iteration of the trio
line-up with Dave W on vocals, guitar, synthesizers, and sound co