Chat Pile share pummelling new single Pen I S Mall from September album

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Chat Pile share pummelling new single Pen I S Mall from September album

Stereogum · 10 hours ago

Chat Pile have released 'PEN I S MALL,' a new track from their upcoming album Who Loves The Sun, described by the band as their most sonically intense composition to date. The song presents a relentless examination of labour and economic systems, with frontman Ray B. delivering visceral vocals over grinding instrumental arrangements that intensify the song's grim thematic content. The track draws from Ray B.'s personal experience working maintenance shifts at a shopping mall, a period he characterises as gruelling enough to produce physical strain during vocal recording.

Accompanying the track is a visual presentation that amplifies its message about dehumanising work. The video features performers enacting the disposal of human remains, with appearances from musicians outside the band including Pissed Jeans' Matt Korvette. Ray B. contextualises the song as commentary on economic structures in the United States, suggesting that routine employment becomes psychologically damaging under current conditions. The album Who Loves The Sun arrives on 4 September through the Flenser label.

  • Chat Pile, Oklahoma City noise-rock band, released 'PEN I S MALL,' their new single from forthcoming album Who Loves The Sun
  • The grinding heavy track critiques work conditions and survival struggles under capitalism, inspired by frontman Ray B.'s experience as a mall maintenance worker
  • Music video depicts unsettling imagery of labourers disposing bodies; album due 4 September on Flenser label

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Originally published by Stereogum as “Chat Pile – “PEN I S MALL””.