White Hills - Killing Crimson, A Look Around Famous Filming Location Cortlandt Alley in New York

Killing Crimson from the White Hills album Beyond This Fiction

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Look familiar? This was filmed in Cortlandt Alley located in Lower Manhattan, New York. This alley has been used for tv/film shoots such as Boardwalk Empire, Law & Order, Gotham and countless others so you may recognize it.

Can you guess where the name of the song comes from? If you're a fan of either Killing Joke or King Crimson you probably can hear their influences in there.

Killing Crimson
Realities collide
Absence of light
The fabric of time
Winds are rising
Rivers run dry
How did you find out?
When did you decide?
Killing Crimson
Realities collide
Measuring happiness
Negligence applied
To the ecstasy in your mind
How did you find out?
When did you decide?
Dark, light, day, night -collide
Blind, sight, loose, tight -collide
Shadows in the cave
Simplify for simple minds
We rise
We ride between opposites
Beyond this fiction
We rise
How did you find out?
When did you decide?
Killing Crimson
Realities collide
Ride in silence
Open up time
Past all opposites
You recognize
Time moves slowly
As multiples divide
How did you find out?

"Killing Crimson is the first song we wrote for Beyond This Fiction. Dave had been playing around with that guitar hook for a while and we took our time playing around with it at our studio space in Brooklyn before we found the right bass line and drum beat to compliment it. The vocals came last, after the song was recorded. After feeling stumped for a while, Dave stood at the mic and the final version pretty much rolled off his tongue.”

Recorded with longtime collaborator Martin Bisi, known for his iconic NYC sound developed through his work with no-wave titans Sonic Youth, Swans and Lydia Lunch, Beyond This Fiction sees Dave W (guitar/vocals/synths) and Ego Sensation (drums/bass/vocals) orchestrating their distinct guitar heavy meditations into songs with a stronger focus on vocals than previous albums. Neo-psychedelia, indie, post-punk, shoegaze and experimental elements synthesize leading the listener through the doors of perception. Harnessing the seductive accessibility of 2015’s Walks For Motorists while evoking the tempestuous soul of the band’s seminal 2011 H-p1, White Hills make Beyond This Fiction a familiar surprise.