News: Chat Pile Unveil New Track ‘Masc’

Named after a largely forgotten 90s film, Chat Pile have unveiled a brand new and epic single by the title of “Masc.” The new track is the second single from their upcoming album, Cool World. The record is set to release on October 11 via The Flenser.

Pre-save Cool World here.

Busch talks “Masc”:

““Masc” is the saddest Chat Pile song since “Tenkiller.” Unlike the rest of the album, this song deals with the horrors of interpersonal intimacy, yet it is connected with the rest of the record through the overarching theme of oppression, despair, and malaise.”

Within the context of a Chat Pile record, the words not only evokes imagery of a dying planet but a progression from the band’s previous work, moving the scope from the depiction from just “God’s Country” to the entirety of humankind. Today they have shared the release of a new track and music video to accompany. It’s an epic, narrative music video directed by Stephen Mondics and Mario DeLeon.

Bassist Stin, discusses the music video for “Masc”:

“This is our first time collaborating with Stephen Mondics, and the band is completely blown away with how well he was able to capture the spirit of the song. As huge movie buffs, it’s also a legitimate dream-come-true to have a music video shot completely on film under our belts.”

Busch talks about Cool World: 

“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 not hard to borrow from  Voltaire, so I won’t resist.’ Cool World is about the price at which we eat sugar in America.”

From towering mounds of toxic waste, the music of Chat Pile is a suffocating, grotesque embodiment of the existential anguish that has helped define the 21st Ccntury. It figures of a band with abrasive, unrelenting, and outlandish of a sound has struck as strong of a chord as it has. The dread that has been replaced within the American dream and Chat Pile’s music is a poignant reminder of that shift.