Chat Pile Announce New Album, Tour Dates, and Release New Single "Deep Blue"

We’ve been looking forward to the third proper Chat Pile album, which follows their 2025 collaboration with Hayden Pedigo, In the Earth Again , and after covering Nirvana on a Sub Pop single in February, they’ve announced Who Loves the Sun , due out on September 4 via The Flenser ( pre-order on vinyl ). “This record focuses on my grievances with the modern world,” vocalist Ray B. says. “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.”

The first single is “Deep Blue.” Stin says it’s “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?”

Ray adds, “Technology is rapidly ruining our lives, all promise seemingly squandered on the worst things, like killing people, wasting resources, destroying art- shrinking our brains and pulling us further apart than ever before.”

Chat Pile are on tour in Australia and New Zealand now, and have shows in Europe in August. They’ve now announced North American shows in the fall, beginning in September and running through November. They’ll be joined by Soul Glo, Prize Horse, Virga , and Shallowater , varying by show, and you can see all dates below.

The NYC show is at Brooklyn Steel on November 10 with Soul Glo and Shallowater. Tickets for that and all dates go on sale Friday, June 12 at 10 AM local.

CHAT PILE – WHO LOVES THE SUN TRACKLIST 1. Creature 2. Deep Blue 3. Same Rules 4. PEN I S MALL 5. Shrine 6. Intruder 7. Christabel ’26 8. Influence 9. Family Funeral 10. October All the Time

CHAT PILE: 2026 TOUR DATES Jun 11 Sydney, AU — Manning Bar Jun 12 Melbourne, AU — Max Watts Jun 13 Hobart, AU — Dark Mofo Jun 14 Brisbane, AU — The Triffid Jun 16 Adelaide, AU — Lion Arts Factory Jun 18 Auckland, NZ — Tuning Fork Jun 19 Wellington, NZ — San Fran 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 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

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/chat-pile-announce-new-lp-tour-w-soul-glo-shallowater-more-share-deep-blue/)._