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Chat Pile have teamed up with finger-picking guitar maestro Hayden Pedigo for a new collaborative album, In the Earth Again, arriving on Halloween (October 31st).
The collab is a pairing of Oklahoma underground talent, as heard on the lead single “Radioactive Dreams.” Pedigo’s atmospheric guitarwork guides the beginning of the song, offering his fans a rare chance to hear his musical stylings with lyrics via Chat Pile frontman Raygun Busch. The rest of the band eventually fall in, the volume rising and falling in a gradient, ala post-rock.
“We all wanted to avoid the downfall you see in a lot of collab records,” said Pedigo via press release, the guitarist having crossed paths with Chat Pile via the Oklahoma City DIY scene. “We didn’t want this record to either end up primarily sounding like one of us more than the other.”
Especially for Chat Pile, the album — initially conceived as a shorter split release — allowed the band to eschew their typically sludgy/noisy brand of post-hardcore for moodier arrangements and varied instrumentation, as well as sonic experimentation with the use of samplers and tape manipulation.
Stated Stin from Chat Pile: “For the album, every decision made was in support of each other’s ideas and making sure that everything we did was in service of a greater vision.”
While Chat Pile and Pedigo haven’t announced any joint live performances, both will be on respective US tours this fall. The former will be on the road with Fleshwater, with dates running through October. Get tickets here.
You can pre-order In the Earth Again on vinyl, CD, and cassette via Computer Students. Stream the video for “Radioactive Dreams” and see the album art/tracklist below.
In the Earth Again Artwork:
In the Earth Again Tracklist:
01. Outside
02. Demon Time
03. Never Say Die
04. Behold a Pale Horse
05. Magic of the World
06. Fission/Fusion
07. The Matador
08. I’ve Got My Own Blunt to Smoke
09. Radioactive Dreams
10. Inside
11. A Tear for Lucas
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