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Chat Pile Loves the Sun

Posted by Aaron H on June 22, 2026

Chat Pile Loves the Sun
photo by Matthew Zargoski

Chat Pile have announced their new album, Who Loves The Sun -- available September 4th via The Flenser. You can check out their new track, "Deep Blue" below:

Vocalist, Ray B comments:

This record focuses on my grievances with the modern world. 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.

Bassist, 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.

On Deep Blue:

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?

Chat Pile will be heading to The UK/Europe this August and embarking on a North American tour this Fall. Dates below:

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

North America:
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

 

 

Chat Pile Loves the Sun
photo by Matthew Zargoski

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