Oklahoma City noise rock quartet Chat Pile has returned with its follow up to 2022’s breakout album  God’s Country with Cool World (The Flesner), the new 10-song LP set for release on October 11th, 2024 [pre-order]. Today, album opener “I Am Dog Now” arrives with a music video directed by Will Mecca.  Stin (bass, Chat Pile) says, “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.”

Besides being the name of a largely forgotten (and panned) 90s film, Cool World makes for an apt title of Chat Pile’s sophomore full-length record. In the context of a Chat Pile record, the words are steeped in a grim double entendre that not only evokes imagery of a dying planet but a progression from the band’s previous work, moving the scope of its depiction of modern malaise from just “God’s Country” to the entirety of humankind. “’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,” says vocalist Raygun Busch.  “If I had to describe the album in one sentence,” Busch continues, “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.”

Chat Pile, on tour:

November 1  Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street %
November 2  Columbia, MO – The Blue Note %
November 3  Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room %
November 5  Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall %
November 6  Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line %
November 8  Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s %
November 9  Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre %
November 11  Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall %
November 12  Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount %
November 14  Burlington, VT – Showcase Lounge @ Higher Ground ^
November 15  Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church ^
November 16  New York, NY – (Le) Poisson Rouge ^
November 17  Boston, MA – The Sinclair ^
November 19  Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery *
November 20  Richmond, VA – The Broadberry *
November 21  Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819 *
November 22  Nashville, TN – The End *

% with Agriculture, Porcelain
^  with Mamaleek, Traindodge
* with Mamaleek, thirdface