Chat Pile

Oklahoma City metal band Chat Pile are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands these days, their mix of black metal, emo, and grunge, along with their penchant for experimentation, just vibing with me in all the right ways.  September sees the release of new album "Who Loves the Sun."  Pre-order the LP here from The Flenser and listen to the crunchy "Deep Blue" below.

Chat Pile

Oklahoma hardcore punk/black metal/screamo band hybrid dropped a new 7" on Friday that i missed out on whilst working all weekend.  The A-side is a beast and the B-side is a cover of an old Nirvana song.  Check out both "Masks" and the "Sifting" cover below and download them here from Sub Pop (the vinyl is already sold out).

Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo

In musical pairings i wasn't expecting to hear today, Oklahoma City noise rock/black metal/screamo band Chat Pile have teamed up with Amarillo folk and country artist Hayden Pedigo for the upcoming new album "In the Earth Again."  New tune "Radioactive Dreams" finds the artists exercising a more atmospheric sound of eerie, foreboding doom.  It's very cool.  Check it out below and pre-order the LP here from The Flenser.

Chat Pile

For their 2024 album "Cool World," Oklahoma City's noisy post-hardcore band Chat Pile created a bunch of tape loops that were used in the recording.  These loops were sourced from random cassettes found in OKC thrift stores that featured weird sounds from hypnosis tapes, muzak, hotel conference background music, and local band demos.  Strange and surreal stuff.  Anyway, the band just launched a tape label called Dungeon Earth, and the first releases are two volumes of the aforementioned tape loops called "Blood at Night."  Dig on the otherworldly fuzz of "North Park Mall" below and get both volumes here.

Chat Pile

Here's some blistering new music from Oklahoma City's Chat Pile.  Check out "I Am a Dog Now" below and pre-order the upcoming "Cool World" LP here from The Flenser.  Weirdly enough, i'm pretty sure i've totally driven by that exact spot on the cover art.

Agriculture

LA black metal band Agriculture come screeching back to us in April with new EP "Living Is Easy."  Pre-order the record here from The Flenser and check out the video for the opening title track below which finds the band in a bitter battle to death with label and tourmates Chat Pile.