Oklahoma noise rock and sludge metal outfit CHAT PILE have announced their second full-length album, Who Loves The Sun, due September 4, 2026. The announcement arrived alongside a music video for album opener 'Deep Blue' — and both the video and the track confirm that CHAT PILE have not softened anything in the time since their 2022 debut God's Country.
The band — Ray B. (vocals), L. Manhole (guitar), Stin (bass), and Cap'n Ron (drums) — have described 'Deep Blue' as the track that set the tone for everything that follows on the album. Stin noted: "This is the first track we wrote for the album and the one that helped set the tone for the whole thing." Ray commented on the song's thematic territory: "Technology is rapidly ruining our lives, all promise seemingly squandered on the worst things." It is a characteristically blunt and accurate summation of a particular early 21st-century experience, delivered through characteristically punishing sound.
Who Loves The Sun carries a ten-track listing: 'Creature', 'Deep Blue', 'Same Rules', 'PEN I S MALL', 'Shrine', 'Intruder', 'Christabel '26', 'Influence', 'Family Funeral', and 'October All The Time'. Title selection is, as usual for CHAT PILE, part of the message — these are not names chosen for palatability.
CHAT PILE emerged from Oklahoma City's underground scene and God's Country was one of the most critically praised heavy albums of 2022, drawing attention for the band's ability to weaponize noise rock heaviness against the specific social and spiritual landscape of American heartland life. Their sound occupies a space in contemporary heavy music that few others are attempting — not quite metal, not quite noise rock, not easily categorized, but unambiguously heavy in the ways that matter most.
The video for 'Deep Blue' maintains the band's established visual language: unnerving, bleak, and pointed. It does not explain itself. Neither does the song.
Who Loves The Sun arrives September 4. The band have not yet announced supporting tour dates, but given the album's release in early fall, live activity seems a reasonable expectation for the coming months.