Chat Pile - Cool WorldDirect follow up to OKC noise rock bands 2022s breakthrough album Gods Country. Mixed by Benjamin Green (Uniform, Portrayal of Guilt, Drab Majesty). Mastered by Matt Coloton (The Rolling Stones, Blur, Nick Cave, Sunn O)). Full US tour in 2024, EU early 2025, with more dates to come. Like the towering mounds of toxic waste from which it gets its namesake, the music of Oklahoma City noise rock quartet Chat Pile is a suffocating, grotesque embodiment of

San Francisco was already a changed place

orchestral epic to kickstart his exploration of the country (‘Michigan’)—he re-introduced himself in hushed tones

he enlisted the Dust Brothers

razor-sharp songs

The early 70s found everyone living up on the farm up in rural Maine

' 'Porcupine' and 'Ocean Rain

Traditional Techniques is the product of Malkmus and Halfling engineer/arranger-in-residence Chris Funk (The Decemberists)

to weave intricate stories about the human mind and heart

He is joined by the venerable Iggy Pop

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the simple idea that we could not create light if we did not risk the dark - we’d never need to

” AllMusic // “Atmospheric rock music veering between noise and subtlety compelling