Glitter and Trauma

{{Infobox song

| name = Glitter and Trauma

| cover = Glitter_and_trauma.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| B-side = {{ubl|"Bonanzoid Deathgrip"|"Stars and Shites"|"There's No Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake"}}

| released = {{start date|2004|8|9|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=7 August 2004}}

| recorded =

| studio = Monnow Valley (Monmouth, Wales)

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = {{ubl|5:10 (album version)|4:06 (radio version)}}

| label = Beggars Banquet

| writer = Simon Neil

| producer = Chris Sheldon

| prev_title = There's No Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = My Recovery Injection

| next_year = 2004

| misc = {{Extra track listing

| album = Infinity Land

| type = single

| tracks =

"Glitter and Trauma"
"Strung To Your Ribcage"
"My Recovery Injection"
"Got Wrong"
"The Atrocity"
"Some Kind Of Wizard"
"Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave"
"Only One Word Comes To Mind"
"There’s No Such Man As Crasp"
"There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake"
"The Kids From Kibble And The Fist Of Light"
"The Weapons Are Concealed"
"Pause It And Turn It Up"

}}

"Glitter and Trauma" is a song by Biffy Clyro, which opens their 2004 album, ''Infinity Land.

It was the first physical single from the album, and their eighth single overall. It reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart and became their second top-ten hit in their native Scotland.

Background

The song is the band's first to use synthesisers, which would be featured more prominently in their later albums, as featured in the electronic-heavy intro alongside a drum machine before the track bursts into a heavy riff in drop D tuning. According to frontman Simon Neil, the reason for this unconventional opening was to lead listeners into thinking they had bought the wrong album.{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/biffy-clyro-rank-your-records/ |website=Vice |access-date=9 May 2023 |title=Rank Your Records: Biffy Clyro Ruthlessly Rate All Seven of Their Albums |date=26 May 2016 |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509203213/https://www.vice.com/en/article/64y9bd/biffy-clyro-rank-your-records |url-status=live }}