I went to Oklahoma to hang with dystopian noise rock phenoms Chat Pile, whose incredible (and incredibly bleak!) new album, ‘Cool World,’ is out today @theflenser.bsky.socialwww.theguardian.com/music/2024/o...

‘Being alive is kind of painful’: the bleak vision of noise rockers Chat Pile

Extracted from the vast US oilfields comes a pungent, heavy and energy-packed sound. Are noisenik outsiders Chat Pile about to become the region’s biggest export?

I love that you’re writing for the Guardian. I’m a subscriber and the app totally buried this for me, as it does for 75% of articles I’m genuinely interested in. I had to use search to find it!

The flenser!

I love these guys. This was a very good read, thank you

Love their name, the effects of the tri-state mining district is real Oklahoma shit

Hell yeah