Cool World by Chat Pile

In the air we breathe, on the ground we walk, a blatant disregard for human life prevails. Jolted awake to face the consequences of a homicidal, post-human ruling class, Chat Pile uses their new record Cool World to pull us closer to the distant atrocities committed in our name until we’re face to bleeding face with our own unceremonious demise. Initially, Chat Pile’s signature blend of noise rock, sludge metal, and post hardcore takes us to the killing fields in graphic detail, expressing empathy through their flawlessly framed, deeply enchanting vocals. Soon, the band makes connections to the satanic, murderous culture on the home front, giving musical breathing room to low sections of deadpan, horrifying vocals detailing the impending consequences of our collective subconscious. Finally, we make the ultimate connection back to ourselves, realizing that the cultural indifference to human life will eventually extend to ourselves as well, sending us careening towards the dead man in the mirror amid a bath of cathartic, distorted noise.