Every month, Consequence Spotlight a rising artist with our article series Cosign. By October 2024, We'll Get Dirty with Oklahoma City Chat Pile Noisemakers to talk about his new album, Cool world.
Oklahoma City quartet Chat Pile have been making waves with their mutated, pervasive brand of noise rock that sounds like someone accidentally started playing a Big Black 45 vinyl record while their turntable was still set to 33 RPM. From early hits like “Rainbow Meat,” a song about wanting your mortal remains to be used as material for an Arby's slider combo, to the hard-hitting tracks of 2022's excellents. God's countryChat Pile has been nothing but twisted.
Members operate under the pseudonyms Raygun Busch, Luther Manhole, Cap'n Ron and Stin. When they join the Zoom meeting, the atmosphere is healthy: They lament the absence of drummer Cap'n Ron in a cheeky “fucking work” tone, make tentative plans to attend an annual Halloween event at the local drive-in, and light up as Mr. Pete, Stin's dog, jumps into the frame.
Yes, these are the guys responsible for one of the most irresistibly loud, beautifully sludgy, and perfectly baffling albums of the year: cool world.
But like the boys themselves, cool world reveals a surprisingly accessible core beneath mountains of mud, distorted tones and chromatic riffs. While there's no denying that songs like “I Am Dog Now” or “Funny Man” delight in making as much noise as possible through slurred screams and bitter chords, many tunes are based on pop ideals.
“I think the main goal we set for ourselves before we started writing anything was to be a little more direct and direct,” Stin explains. “Because the songs in God's country “It tended to be a little long-winded, at least by our typical standards.”
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