Dave W. and White Hills will celebrate release of their latest album at Union Pool on July 14 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Union Pool
484 Union Ave. at Meeker
Thursday, July 14, $8, 9:00
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White Hills are hopping mad. Frustrated by corporate control over government, the New York City-based space-rock trio blast away against the status quo on their latest record, the explosive H-p1 (Thrill Jockey, June 2011). Guitarist Dave W., bassist Ego Sensation, and drummer Lee Hinshaw let loose all over the disc, recorded in a two-day flurry in Williamsburg, joined by such special guests as Shazzula Nebula on synthesizers (seven tracks), Antronhy on drums and electronics (two), and Kid Millions on drums (two). Powering through a sea of psychedelic madness using a distortion box instead of a compressor and influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, While Hills surges through the subtly screeching twelve-minute “Paradise,” the hard-driving neo-classic rock of “Upon Arrival,” the ten-minute space-age “No Other Way.” Hard-to-decipher lyrics show up in three of the songs, floating in the background like another instrument. The album is bookended by the propulsive “The Condition of Nothing” and the massive title track, a seventeen-minute opus of rage and fury. “We can barely pay our rent each month but we are willing to pull out our credit cards and go into debt each time a new iPhone promises a better connection. The joke is on us,” explains Ego. “H-p1 is symbolic of the simplification of complex ideas to keep the masses from questioning the system.” A dark, exciting live band that often features Ego and Dave W. in wild costumes and face makeup, White Hills will be celebrating the release of H-p1 on July 14 at Union Pool with Man Forever (with Kid Millions) and Weird Owl. Prepare to be taken away into another galaxy.