Chat Pile Announce New Album 'Cool World' With First Single I Am Dog Now
Thursday, 18 July 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Matthew Zargoski
Chat Pile will release a new album in the autumn.
The Oklahoma noise-rock band will release 'Cool World' through The Flenser on October 11, following up their 2022 debut 'God's Country'. Announcing the news, vocalist Raygun Busch commented:
"Cool World covers similar themes to our last album, except now exploded from a micro to macro scale, with thoughts specifically about disasters abroad, at home, and how they affect one another.
"If I had to describe the album in one sentence. It’s hard not to borrow from Voltaire, so I won’t resist – 'Cool World' is about the price at which we eat sugar in America."
Bassist Stin added: "While we wanted our follow-up to 'God’s Country' to still capture the immediate, uncompromising essence of Chat Pile, we also knew that with 'Cool World,' we’d want to stretch the definition of our 'sound' to reflect our tastes beyond just noise-rock territory. Now that we had some form of creative comfort zones in place after hitting that milestone of putting out a full-length record, album #2 felt like the perfect opportunity to challenge those limits."
To coincide with the news, the four-piece have shared the first single, I Am Dog Now, a muscular, abrasive fusion of post-hardcore and noise-rock. Head below to view the accompanying Will Mecca-directed video.
Stin explained: "Will’s vision captures the essence of I Am Dog Now by channeling his specific style of low-fi, exploitation cinema aesthetic into a dusty, religious bad-trip exclusive to the southern plains of America. Eagle eyed viewers may actually notice shots of the literal chat piles from which we take our name.”
The band will support the album with a North American tour throughout November, joined by Agriculture and Mamaleek as main support on select dates. Head here for details.
'Cool World' tracklist:
1. I Am Dog Now
2. Shame
3. Frownland
4. Funny Man
5. Camcorder
6. Tape
7. The New World
8. Masc
9. Milk of Human Kindness
10. No Way Out
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