Chat Pile announce new album: Who Loves the Sun
Incoming Sept. 4 on The Flenser [pre-order]
Watch / share "Deep Blue" music video
U.S. headline tour this Sept./Oct./Nov.
In a world increasingly shaped by disposable content, Chat Pile answers with something defiantly real and organic, a mentality that permeates Who Loves the Sun, their third full-length record, incoming September 4, 2026.
Since the band's formation just over six years ago, the Oklahoma City-based quartet has grown from a scrappy passion project of four local film and music enthusiasts into one of the defining heavy acts to emerge from the 2020s underground. Ray B. (vocals), L. Manhole (guitar), Stin (bass), and Cap’n Ron (drums)’s crushing, crass, and cathartic take on noise rock resonates in this cracked reality. It captures a raw, undeniably human essence that’s increasingly fleeting in an age marked by ceaseless torrents of algorithmic slop, technological overreach, and the cold, crestfallen state of society. Nothing about Who Loves the Sun feels synthetic.
"This record focuses on my grievances with the modern world," says Ray. "AI, genocide, climate change, the power elite, $$$$ hoarding pigs— all that shit fucks up your life and mine. The band is definitely stretching out their abilities on the album and I too felt inspired to go further— as a huge fan of Boston, I like to think Brad Delp is somewhere up there, smiling down, as I take the layering to new heights, but who can say? We have fun with it." Stin adds "This album contains a healthy dose of the usual Chat Pile airing of grievances against the state of the world, but deeper at it's heart I feel Who Loves the Sun is grappling with the challenges of trying to keep one's humanity in a time of extreme anti-humanity."
As a first taste of the album, Chat Pile shares the menacing track "Deep Blue." Stin comments: "This is the first track we wrote for the album and the one that helped set the tone for the whole thing. I personally love this because it sounds like Chat Pile doing a Billy Squire song. It's our 'Lonely is the Night,' which is actually a fake Led Zeppelin song so who knows what the hell we're actually doing here?" Ray adds: "Technology is rapidly ruining our lives, all promise seemingly squandered on the worst things, like killing people, wasting resources, destroying art- shrinking our brains and pulling us further apart than ever before."
Pre-order Who Loves the Sun here ahead of its September 4 street date and catch Chat Pile on the road:
AUS/NZ
Jun 11 Sydney, AU — Manning Bar
Jun 12 Melbourne, AU — Max Watts
Jun 13 Hobart, AU — Dark Mofo
Jun 14 Brisbane, AU — The Triffid
Jun 16 Adelaide, AU — Lion Arts Factory
Jun 18 Auckland, NZ — Tuning Fork
Jun 19 Wellington, NZ — San Fran
UK/EU
Aug 06 Ancora, PT — Sonic Blast
Aug 08 Katowice, PL — OFF Festival
Aug 09 Prague, CZ — Fuchs2 ^
Aug 10 Budapest, HU — A38 ^
Aug 11 Vienna, AT — Arena
Aug 12 Munich, DE — Live/Evil ^
Aug 14 Col Du Lein, CH — Palp Festival
Aug 19 Dublin, IRE — Button Factory ^
Aug 20 Dublin, IRE — Button Factory ^
Aug 22 Bristol, UK — Arctangent Festival
NA
Sep 12 Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre (SISU Fundraiser Fest) #
Sep 17 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue + $
Sep 19 Chicago, IL — Riot Fest
Sep 20 Englewood, CO – The Gothic Theatre + &
Sep 23 Salt Lake City, UT – The Metro Music Hall + &
Sep 25 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo + &
Sep 27 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall + &
Sep 29 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades + &
Sep 30 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom + &
Oct 03 San Diego, CA – Music Box + &
Oct 04 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco + &
Oct 06 Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater + &
Oct 08 Austin, TX – Radio/East + &
Oct 09 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall + &
Oct 10 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater + &
Nov 05 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre + %
Nov 06 Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre + %
Nov 08 Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall + %
Nov 10 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel + %
Nov 11 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer + %
Nov 12 Washington, DC – Black Cat + %
Nov 14 Charlotte, NC – Underground + %
Nov 15 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade + %
Nov 16 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl + %
Nov 18 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall + %
Nov 20 Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe at Old National Centre + %
Nov 21 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall + %
Nov 22 Lawrence, KS – The Granada + %
^ with Ragana
+ with Soul Glo
$ with Prize Horse
& with Virga
% with Shallowater
# with Portrayal of Guilt, Nightosphere, Traindodge, Primal Brain