Oklahoma City-based noise rock outfit Chat Pile will be putting out their new album “Cool World” on October 11th through The Flenser. If you were wondering, the band are aware of the cinematic connotations of that title, though there are no ties to the 1992 film, according to a press release.
Instead, vocalist Raygun Busch had the following to say of the record:
“‘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.”
Ben Greenberg of Uniform was recruited to mix this opus, which you can pre-order via flnsr.co/chatpile. Will Mecca directed the record’s first single, “ I Am Dog Now“, of which Stin commented:
“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.”
“Cool World” track listing:
01 – “I Am Dog Now”
02 – “Shame”
03 – “Frownland”
04 – “Funny Man”
05 – “Camcorder”
06 – “Tape”
07 – “The New World”
08 – “Masc”
09 – “Milk Of Human Kindness”
10 – “No Way Out”
With Agriculture & Porcelain:
11/01 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street
11/02 Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
11/03 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
11/05 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
11/06 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
11/08 Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s
11/09 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre
11/11 Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall
11/12 Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
With Mamaleek & Traindodge:
11/14 Burlington, VT – Showcase Lounge @ Higher Ground
11/15 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
11/16 New York, NY – (Le) Poisson Rouge
11/17 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
With Mamaleek & Thirdface:
11/19 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
11/20 Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
11/21 Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
11/22 Nashville, TN – The End
