Looking Glass War Reach Into the Depths

Looking Glass War Reach Into the Depths The Boston quartet release their new single,“Adamantine Chain Gang” 

Boston, MA [October, 2024] 

Following an excursion into a groovier, downtempo realm on their last release,“Rumination House”, Looking Glass War returns to the driving sense of urgency for which they are known on their latest offering “Adamantine Chain Gang”. This single from their forthcoming EP, “Saints of the Lost and Found” fades in from the silence with a foreboding guitar tone that quickly gives way to the pumping bass line and tom-based drum groove which provides the backdrop for the subversively themed vocals to come. 

“Adamantine has a darker feel to it, a bit more ominous than the earlier releases this year. We decided to release this one close to Halloween due to it sounding a bit spookier than the rest of the songs we recorded this year” says drummer Tony Porter. 

“This is actually one of our older songs” reports Bassist, Mike Ackley. “Pete and I wrote the music for an earlier project but it was only when Looking Glass War got started and Glenn added his lyrics and vocal melody that the song really took shape”. Zeigler adds - “It never

worked though and once we got together with Glenn and Tony and Glenn added his vocal melody along with Tony’s drumming, it really came to life and became the tune it is today. It’s a good process!”. 

Vocalist Goddam Glenn adds, “Lyrically, this is my rock adaptation of Milton’s “Paradise Lost” when Lucifer gets booted from Heaven. That’s what the “adamantine chains” refer to. Those adamantine chains were basically wrapped around Satan to keep him strapped into Hell. Like some kind of infernal ankle monitor. The line “I’m not counting all the stars I crossed tonight” describes a falling star seeing all the other stars on his way down. And the line “It’s really not so bad once you get past the flames…”? It becomes pretty obvious what’s happening here. Maybe the song will set off an all new “Satanic Panic” for Gen Z. How’s that for spooky season?” 

Looking Glass War exploded onto the music scene last summer with a series of singles followed by their debut EP, “Where the Neon Meets the Rain”, receiving global attention from independent press and airplay, including their debut single “Arrive!” played on Sirius XM. 

Contact: lookingglasswarmusic@gmail.com 

Looking Glass War: 

Mike Ackley (bass) 

Goddamn Glenn (vocals) 

Tony Porter (drums) 

Pete Zeigler (guitar)

Adamantine Chain Gang artwork:

Adamantine Chain Gang production credits: 

Produced and Mastered by Brian Charles 

Recorded at Rare Signals 

Looking Glass War artist bio: 

In the Fall of 2022, Goddamn Glenn and Tony Porter (both of Parlour Bells) came together with fellow Boston scene veterans Pete Zeigler (The Easy Reasons, The Rationales) and Mike Ackley (Strangeways) to see what would happen when this group of seasoned indie musicians made noise together. Each needed it as much as the others. 

The spark was immediate. A new post-punk-meets-glam sound emerged, melding Glenn’s theatrical vocals with Pete’s shimmering and sputtering post-punk guitar, all driven by Mike’s propulsive UK bass lines and Tony’s precise beats. 

They called it Looking Glass War. 

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Early media praise for Looking Glass War: 

The music of Looking Glass War can be heard on Banks Radio Australia, Boston Emissions, BumbleBee Radio, Christian’s Cosmic Corner on Mark Skin Radio, Click Roll Boom, Code Zero Radio, Elastic Glam Radio on WKKL, Everything You Know Is Wrong on Salem State WMWM, Laura Beth’s Mixtape Show on Reclaimed Radio UK, Little Steven’s Underground Garage on SiriusXM, Marc’s Alt Rock Playground on Mark Skin Radio, Moosic Entertainment, Original Music Showcase on Mark Skin Radio, Pod Duck, Rising with Skybar on WMFO, Rock And Roll Fables, The Retweeter’s Show on ZenoFM, The Whole Kameese, Turn Up The Volume, UncertainFM, What’s The Frequency on Kinetic 7 Radio, Your First Listen on Eardrum Buzz and KNNZ, and other fine shows, stations, and platforms… 

“Proper cool.” _Laura Beth’s Mixtape Show 

“Excellent” _The Alternative Frequences Rock Show 

“This new Boston band hit bullseye right away with their debut single. ‘Arrive!’ is a bang-on belter spiced with towering vocals. Score!” _Turn Up The Volume 

“‘Arrive!’ might just be the perfect introduction to Looking Glass War. It starts off with a burst of fuzzed out, feedback drenched guitar, and then kicks into a post-punk beat. By the time singer Goddamn Glenn starts up with his theatrical vocals, you’ll know if you’re in love with a new band or not, and you probably will be. ‘Arrive!’ has the kind of intensity usually reserved for teenagers just starting out, but Looking Glass War have that with decades of chops at their service.” _If It’s Too Loud 

“What Looking Glass Was has conjured into this three and a half minute blast of infectious music is some of the very best Post-Rawk in recent years. The guitars from Pete Zeigler immediately hearken back to the late ’70’s/early ’80’s birth of that aforementioned genre while the rousing rotund rhythmic synchronicity from drummer Tony Porter and bassist Mike Ackley easily brings early Killing Joke or U2 to mind. Add the sultry commanding croon from Goddamn Glenn on top of it all and it’s like the cherry on top of a delicious modern Post-Rawk sundae!” _Rock And Roll Fables 

“I don’t know about anyone else, but when we hear a really good song for the first time, [we] instantly remember where [we] were. That’s exactly what we feel when we listen to ‘Arrive!’... It’s that good, it’s special. The opening riff acts like a doorman saying “Come on in, you’re in 

the right place – You have arrived!’ Then the vocals kick in and it’s pure freaking magic. Goddamn Glenn sounds like your favorite singer from days gone by but a million times better.” _The Whole Kameese 

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