Chat Pile - Cool World ALBUM REVIEW

[@ImpendingRiot83]

There should be a tour where it’s Chat Pile, Pile, and The Chats

[@esouka_the_snowman]

That would be peak

[@NbleSavage]

Inception

[@selfaware7617]

I was about to go the rest of my life thinking no one ever heard of Pile

[@lukebrown935]

+2

[@_gorezone_]

and the rapper Plies

[@havenp]

I can confirm listening to chat pile is a window into what it feels like to live in okc

[@robmarshall9026]

You live in OK Computer?

[@williamcallawaydavis8845]

Tulsa is cool move here

[@brysonharrison5698]

TOOK AN OATH TO THE OKCPD WHEN I WAS, TWENTYFIVE

[@williamcallawaydavis8845]

@@brysonharrison5698 I took an oath to the okc thunder to get my hopes up every year

[@williamcallawaydavis8845]

@@trustandbleed420 they should put Russell Westbrook on their next one that would go hard

[@rckon777]

Frownland is my new current favorite from the album as of late. “THEY DONT WANNA HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY” just makes me feel feral. Raygun sounds absolutely animalistic on so many of the songs on this new album. Easily a 9/10 for me personally

[@AIRIKSN666]

Same here I actually like Cool World better than God’s Country. Still exploring the themes of GC but now on a global scale. Genocide, pestilence, devastation, emotional anguish, etc.. I honestly thought Anthony would’ve gone more in depth with the lyrics of Shame since it is about the Palestinian genocide going on rn, which he’s very passionate about online. Regardless this record blew my expectations. Easy 9/10

[@TheOne8017]

Same 9/10 for me 🍻

[@ponderpigeon]

Took the words out of my mouth, that song and particularly that part are the highlight of the album to me!

[@randomitsnot1400]

The way he screams “disappear” at the end is probably the most terrifying this album gets.

[@GoogleUser-ms6hr]

He is dog now tbf

[@sauce3140]

As an Oklahoman I rep Chat Pile hard those mfs know how to get down.

[@sorenolsen9281]

Pull up to braums blasting chat pile

[@lsapg09]

u from muskogee?

[@titush6533]

i love what theyve done for our scene so much. hope to see you at some vfw shows soon big dog

[@kevintrjohnson]

It's weird seeing things I've seen in real life on their album covers--that giant cross in Edmund right along I35 from this album and the closed Sears (I haven't confirmed it, but I think it's the one on Western in OKC) that was on God's Country (the back cover at least; I think I've seen the building on the front cover but I can't place it). I live in OK now but I grew up in southeast Kansas where there was more strip pit mining (I lived about a half hour from Big Brutus), but I remember seeing the chat piles on the road from Columbus down to Picher and into Miami. That whole area was just fucked to hell by the mining companies.

[@sprud6170]

​@lsapg09 waiting for the day fantano will be reviewing a sabertooth album 🙏🏻

[@zachbennett5179]

Chat pile now has songs called Mask, The Mask, and Masc. Betting on “Masq.” next

[@andrewfollin8203]

They said in a live show (can't remember when) after GC came out that they deliberately did that just to be funny and confusing

[@simsonchin]

​@@andrewfollin8203 I was thinking the same thing dude it had to be intentional because no band would accidentally name 3 songs all like that

[@patricklidstone5659]

Even before God’s Country Raygun was saying shit like this at shows: “This song’s name is Mask. We’ve got an album coming out, and there’s a song on there called “The Mask.” Later on another album we’re gonna release a song called “The First Mask” so nobody can talk about this fucking song”

[@corncake4677]

The moral of chat piles music: Oklahoma sucks

[@trustandbleed420]

“Part of me doesn’t want people to think of Oklahoma as the armpit of the world, the world is full of armpits. The whole world is horrible, but also beautiful. Existence is complicated.” - Raygun Busch

[@andyspendlove1019]

BALD MAN?! REVIEWING ALBUMS?! IN HIS ROOM?!?

[@Kkaloway]

oh man thats funny lol

[@Night5225]

LEAVE ME ALONE MELON MAN

[@matty1two3]

Okay it's true. I wanna wear your flannel. When I look at my phone. I wanna see, YOU

[@thebekg2050]

Lame

[@Zaob36]

Really just a great fucking year for extreme metal and hardcore

[@mercurius0]

Any recommendations?

[@VinnyChezni]

@@mercurius0 only cuz you asked... Vitriol - Suffer & Become Sacrificial Vein - Black Terror Genesis Thou - Umbilical Selbst - Despondency Chord Progressions Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat of God Akhlys - House of the Black Geminis Spectral Wound - Songs of Blood and Mire Wormwitch - S/T Knoll - As Spoken Nails - Every Bridge Burning Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet Convulsing - Perdurance Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengeance of Eternal Fire Spectral Voice - Sparagmos Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Cerebral Purgatory - Resin Tomb Tzompantli - Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force Corpse Pile - Hardgore Deathmetal

[@angstyteen]

@@mercurius0you won’t go before you’re supposed to by knocked loose is an aoty contender for me

[@BrofUJu]

​@@mercurius0 Blood Incantation, Civerous are albums he's reviewed. Been all sorts of solid death metal

[@nolanjohnson5398]

​@@mercurius0 check out Full of Hell, coagulated bliss is my aoty so far

[@nickyverb]

Camcorder was personally one of my favorites. I loved all the space the track had to breathe and it's delivery of a barren and eerie atmosphere. It felt like I was strapped to a chair with my eyes taped open in a dim lit room being forced to watch something truly disturbing and I was physically unable to look away .. "Let's watch it again."

[@AIRIKSN666]

I took it as an outside spectator filming war devastation/aftermaths of a town in ruin. Burning bodies. Painted with blood. That even though they’re just behind a camera, they can still feel the pain these poor civilians went through. (Very reminiscent of the heinous acts in Gaza)

[@trustandbleed420]

The first thirty seconds of Camcorder is maybe the highlight of the whole record for me. That heavy bass riff makes me want to run through a wall.

[@BIGxBOSSxx1]

AND THEY WERE BACK, OUT IN THE WORLD THEN AND THEIR SKIN WAS COLD TO THE TOUCH

[@Thiagoo662]

Fantano reviewing two metal records in a row is a miracle

[@SauceBoss14]

Fantano reviewing his favorite genre of music wow

[@Thiagoo662]

@@SauceBoss14 Yeah, its his favorite but usually we get like one metal review per month? I know he needs to review what gets more views though

[@ShepTheBep]

Chat pile is hardly metal. The key difference is that chat pile makes good music

[@ethanrocks8159]

@@SauceBoss14did he actually say that metal was his favorite?

[@nolanjohnson5398]

​@@ShepTheBepI agree that chat pile isn't metal .. you lost me in the second half

[@ileutur6863]

Chat Pile is the perfect political band. They're not whiny, or preachy, or trying to sell an image of virtue. They're just fed up and angry. We have the means. We have the resources.

[@robbocat7643]

Well put

[@connorreilly3079]

@@ileutur6863 that’s a very good point, hadn’t thought about it that way

[@mercster]

🤡

[@lonesome3958]

​@@mercster?

[@ileutur6863]

@@mercster I see all your other comments are equally intellectual

[@natezipp6419]

I hope this album grows on Anthony because I thought this was gonna be a 9 at least. Having listened to it repeatedly and comparing it with the debut I think Chat Pile has created a more diverse, complex and better paced listening experience. God’s Country is fantastic but I think the band has only improved with this record and I’m so excited to see what they do in the future. Fingers crossed this makes his year end top 10.

[@shieldz_4270]

Yeah I think they expanded their sonic palette with this one in a notable way. Particularly with the guitar tones and layered vocals. I disagree with the album sounding like a sequel to God's Country.

[@ReadyMindsetGo]

I've been listening to it a LOT since it came out and tbh I like it more with each listen. It's a total grower and I love to still discover new layers or aspects about each song even after months of listeni... oh wait, it hasn't even been a week. Damn. Cool album.

[@woventhornsmusic]

agreed! I feel like they experimented with vocals and atmospherics a lot more. I hadn't heard them lead into a track like the way they did in "I Am Dog Now" & "Camcorder" before. Also "Milk of Human Kindness" is a brand new Chat Pile flavor that I absolutely loooove

[@MrLando0]

I like this new one much more than Gods Country- vocals are better integrated. Super heavy and catchy. Shame is killer.

[@DTheAustralian]

Welcome back Daughters but without the baggage

[@ThatShittyGamer]

Dude yeah

[@justkiddingtypebeat]

That’s actually such a good way to sell them I have to check them out now

[@Advent3546]

Friendship with Daughters is over. Now Chat Pile is my new best friend

[@jackreeder215]

Tbh Chat Pile really doesn't sound like peak YWGWYW Daughters, don't care for Chat Pile too much even if Daughters is obviously fucked now. Hot take tho. Gilla Band is the best Noise Rock and Post-Punk band rn and Most Normal is my album of the decade so far. Way better than Chat Pile imo

[@DTheAustralian]

@@jackreeder215 oh absolutely, my comment was more tongue in cheek lol. the only main similarity is a slightly familiar sound in the vocalists. I also think that Daughters is (or was) better sonically and generally more interesting in all aspects, as great as Chat Pile is

[@___cvrlo9947]

I Was Grocery Shopping When Masc Came On & Almost Threw Everything Off The Shelves

[@deesnutz42069]

the video is great too

[@vormias]

These are my exact feelings when I listen to any of their songs, and I work at a grocery store

[@paulphoenix1669]

What??? That's wild hahaha.

[@dru8137]

Masc came on and I got depressed. Feelsbadman

[@corncake4677]

@@___cvrlo9947 like as you were listening on your phone or was it actually playing over the grocery store radio

[@Tvsn66666]

The Flenser

[@willnovak4173]

The Flenser

[@Vdrum1010]

The Flenser

[@Nate612]

The Flenser

[@BadRager599]

The Flenser

[@phoenix3dd]

The Flenser

[@shamus8687]

Nothing on it blew me away like their best songs (Why, Grimace, Dallas Beltway) but I still love it to bits. Can't wait to see them live again.

[@tomsentaylor1268]

Huge month for weird music fans (GYBE, Xiu Xiu, Geordie Greep, & Chat Pile) 🙌

[@360NoSigma]

If chat pile was a little hotter, a 10 would’ve been reasonable

[@AIRIKSN666]

Despite the description in the video, I feel like Cool World is MORE harrowing than God’s Country. The same themes but on a global, catastrophic scale.

[@carson4lex]

OKLAHOMA REPRESENT BABYYYY

[@kyaaa_9590]

SEND MY BODY TO ARBY'S, CUT ME IN, CUT ME INTO, MICROSCOPIC SLICES OF MEAT

[@coltonwiggs1594]

I drive past where that album cover photo was taken every day, and blasting this record while doing so is so nice.

[@travismaenle9416]

WHERE THE FUCK IS CUTOUTS

[@ConnorThompson-w2k]

I LOVED their debut. Very happy to hear about this.

[@nonserviam7200]

I AM 8/10 NOW

[@treythehardway]

Strong 9 for me! Like it more than Gods Country personally

[@TheOne8017]

Same! So damn good 🍻

[@chacecampbell2697]

".. because through cleanly sung vocals, spoken word passages, and screams and shrieks where the lyrics stay surprisingly interlegible; the band makes their creative intentions behind a lot of their tracks very clear." - Great writing, and a very accurate description of what differentiates this band from others placed in the same genre. The instrumental performance is great, but it's the vocals that really stick with you.

[@sleepdealer10]

This is THE feel bad album of the year

[@duke86fan]

its nice to see an album named after ralph bakshi's most polarising movie

[@yambff]

I'm feeling a light to decent 100 on this record

[@Daniel_Boni]

That’s what the Masc is. That’s what the point of the Masc is.

[@trollcop4504]

Holy shit what a cool thumbnail

[@WhiteBread1]

I like how at 4:33 you whipped it out and showed us your “cool world”

[@M0Bk]

why would you lie to me like that

[@sample2090]

4'33 mentioned

[@buzzbabyjesus]

I'm old and have never heard Chat Pile before, but on the opening track I hear a lot of prime Birthday Party mayhem. I might have to get into these guys.

[@AIRIKSN666]

Super sick group. A lot of moments on this record are very Korn-esque, but done in a great way

[@dalydos3]

I was born and raised in southern Oklahoma and Chat Pile really hits a strong chord in my soul.

[@Jainimations]

WHERE IS THE SMILE ANTHONY IM STARTING TO FORM MY OPNION

[@BrofUJu]

He's gonna give it a decent 8

[@coldsweat9967]

@@BrofUJu he's gonna give it a 7 and i haven't even listened to the record. Fantano is so predictable.

[@EMBERSAFTER]

@@coldsweat9967how do you feel now?

[@coldsweat9967]

@@EMBERSAFTER felted

[@wedgedpotatochips]

Fun Fact: Chat Pile is what Fantano calls his Twitch audience.

[@Art_Vandalay97]

I think this record was more locked on thematically than God’s Country because most of the lyrics are about war, specifically in Gaza I would assume. I think Shame is lyrically the best track because it perfectly hits on how the U.S. has perpetuated war and brought the military industrial complex to a global scale. The references to the founding fathers and their monuments to me are pointing to all of this being by design from the very beginning of our history as a nation. Camcorder and tape in the same spirit talk about the horror and absurdity of seeing death every day on social media. I’ve talked with some of my friends about how the war in Ukraine would be a particularly shitty war to fight in because there’s a high probability that your death will end up on an instagram reel which takes away what little dignity there is in dying in combat. I think the lyrics on this record are definitely more focused but also more nuanced than on God’s Country because the lyrics on that album are straight to the point and beat you over the head for the duration of each song. This one’s probably a 9 for me and if they keep this trajectory, #3 will be a straight 10. Either way these dudes rule and genuinely deserve the hype around them. I met Stin when they played in AZ and he’s definitely one of the nicest band dudes I’ve ever met.

[@Exalts]

i found it funny this album about modern dystopia released the day that we lost power after the latest hurricane. the flenser has some smooth timing! one of my favorites this year

[@selfaware7617]

I got my tape the day before the storm hit

[@jarshall2]

they actually cover Scentless Apprentice, waiting on the magazine with one of them floppy little singles with that on it

[@dalrhoads5687]

same, I feel like it was supposed to arrive like over a week ago :/

[@jarshall2]

@@dalrhoads5687 i didn't expect to get Cool World before the magazine. haha

[@aceiel]

same here, i emailed to check and told me they had a hiccup in the upload process that set them back for a bit but that it should ship this week. nice folks, hopefully it comes soon

[@Greysnowman]

Love all the metal/hardcore reviews. It feels like 2010’s era TND

[@pablosantisbon7232]

Loved the chat pile album No the smile review tho?:(

[@oskartrier5438]

Thom yorke is a zionist unfortunately

[@TheMightybraa]

I would personally like to congratulate you on prioritising chat pile over the smile 🙌

[@RancidTacoGas]

OKC STAND UP. Being an OKC native, The chat pile dudes make me feel less alone in hating our state. I drive around with gods country on, and am always blown away by how they captured the feeling of my surroundings.

[@DashieNegan41]

This album rips now waiting for Undeath review

[@veslets]

These guys sure know how to close out an album

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

God’s Country was my album of 2022, so while I was absolutely hyped for Cool World, I acknowledged that it had big shoes to fill. Which is why I’m pleased that it delivered as hard as it did! An awesome record, emphasizing the more melodic aspects of the band.

[@DXDHUNTR]

You should look into HANL's "Voids". It's comprised of demos as well as outtakes, songs we haven't yet heard, but the ones we have being so raw and uncensored that they are able to differentiate themselves from their final versions

[@jackburtoncantsavelopan]

Loved this album. For me they improved every aspect of their previous album and they included little hints of melodies and more vocal variety. Excellent album!

[@mondo3802]

Watch them play live and enjoy the niche local film banter between songs

[@jacobbroome3613]

Saw them in portland and watched them haze the crowd for giving gus van sant a "tepid response"

[@phothewin6019]

"It's a cool, cool world." - J. Cool Chills 🥶🥶🥶

[@AddisyB]

God's Country is amazing and I feel that from the first listen, if you vibe with it, you'll be hooked, but Cool World I feel has more depth and is a real grower of an album. The more I listen, the more I love it. After several listens I think I prefer Cool World. Though, it doesn't matter because they are both awesome and both satisfy that part of me that is frustrated with the problems of the world around me that are seemingly ignored by the mainstream zeitgeist.

[@vishalnagaraj5343]

3 back-to-back heavy music reviews, and 4 in a week, I am thrilled.

[@miguelgomes6849]

2024 have been a one of a kind year in music department, incredible good releases

[@pal-of-pals]

This and Thou's Umbilical are definitely my votes for best metal albums of 2024.

[@lil_astrid_adderal]

ya like sludge don’t ya

[@trustandbleed420]

Frownland & The New World are going to flatten audiences when the band starts playing them live. Feel like Chat Pile already plays every song a bit (or considerably) faster during performances. A lot of these heavier, grimier songs are going to end up sounding thrashier than folks would think.

[@silverman1601]

I definitely agree, on how several songs dont really have a huge lyrical focus as their other songs. Camcorder and Frownland both are like the first Chat Pile songs without a very focused theme behind them, and that feels weird since what draws me to Chat Pile is their focused, emotional storytelling also The New World is about native american genocide

[@zaidislam4731]

Just found this album. Glad Anthony agrees before I saw.

[@roryblank4201]

Man I got really excited about the Harvey Milk shoutout. I hope mentioning them on a review of a popular new album brings some people to find out more about that band.

[@Shadoweons]

Im hype as hell to see these guys in February

[@inanimationzxd420]

Knowing the blue vinyl pressing of the dying fetus record is the only pressing with that font color of the band name on the cover is illusory of the cd. Definitely something that is immediately interesting about how the uniform record mixes in with the color palate of my overall collection.

[@LonkinPork]

I'm not much of a metal guy but _God's Country_ was handily one of my favorites of 2022. Love to see the boys stay winning.

[@onionheadguy7094]

Loving this album, Chat Pile has quickly become a favorite of mine.

[@creekandseminole]

I live in Oklahoma City. This band makes me appreciate my local scene more than ever. Hopefully one day Anthony you'll review an album for the OKC Industrial band Black Magnet. They bring that old-school Ministry style out and its really good. Their third album should hopefully be announced before the end of the year.

[@ashleymerritt9461]

Goddamn LOVE this album! It’s so just.. bereft and savage.

[@theomuller3]

WHERE IS THE CUTOUTS REVIEW FANTANO

[@srenfrkir7867]

Love this album. Suprising that KoRn is not mentioned ib this review. Both the fact that Chat Pile themselves list KoRn as a major influence, and this album is released on the same date as KoRns debut album. AND that a lot of the downtuned riffing is directly borrowed from KoRn. Anyway, did I mention KoRn? So cool to have a band that can span so wide as to have both the AmRep roster and nu-metal as reference points. Goddamn! Well done!

[@BadRager599]

I thought I was the only one who noticed the frownland - scent apprent groove relation. I was like “why do I like this so much?” “Oh it’s nirvana 😂”

[@3shield91]

Hate how no one praises milk of human kindness this song just breaks

[@Stu_Pickles]

Pls review Ka’s final project, the Thief Next to Jesus. Shits amazing. RIP KA

[@moad8794]

OK is slowly taking over heavy music. And, being from there, i am fucking loving it

[@FESTIVUSIVDRUMMER]

They def went more catchy and not so schizo, but who knew that would be exactly what was needed to follow such a strong debut

[@pandimyoutube]

Thanks for giving this a 10, Anthony

[@m.streicher8286]

Lots of yellow flannel lately... I love it C:

[@selfaware7617]

This album was a rollercoaster. They did a great job streamlining what they offer the most. If anyone wants a good album released earlier this year than check out Blind Girls - An Exit Exists, or something that just came out, check out the new Candy EP - Flipping

[@Rhizzome]

This album is a clear 10/10 if EVER I’ve heard one

[@Sundarbanz322]

Dark, bleak, and haunting. Cool World forever.

[@silverman1601]

thank you for reviewing CP, anthony

[@sodycanders]

Chat pile makes songs I try to forget but can’t

[@jock_monaco]

Bummer you didn't like Camcorder, that's my favorite song on the album. It sounds like it should soundtrack the movie 'Threads'.

[@soundsofparallel]

oh sweet Anthony oh wouldn't you give my album a chance

[@mimi5769]

I can't wait to listen to it, honestly I discovered them like last month and I've been obsessed since then, I'm happy Anthony is covering them :)

[@Towern96]

Another addition to the 'cross on the left side' odyssey

[@Nargleberry]

For me, the biggest difference between Cool World and their previous work is the complete abandonment of any sense of humour. It's just pure horror now.

[@trustandbleed420]

Agree with this comment a lot. They sprinkle irreverence, irony, and gallows humor throughout all their other releases. It’s always been something I like about the band. But it’s totally absent from Cool World (appropriately imo), and it makes for a very dif experience for sure.

[@mrg4388]

THIS SECOND ALBUM IS A FKN DELIGHT

[@ethan7289]

You didn't give it a 10 but it'll do sir

[@paulphoenix1669]

Yeow, glad you loved it. They're so fucking heavy. Wish they'd tour and play Dublin.

[@ThatShittyGamer]

I like this album more than the last one, as bleak as it is it seems to have a bit more hope added and is a bit less depressive while still being depressing as fuck.

[@timgoewey9192]

What I would do for a Chat Pile x Ethel Cain song. I feel like they both lyrically capture the horror under the surface of American life so well I’d love to see what they could do together with their different sounds

[@oh_banana]

I like that the past couple years Fantano has been giving a lot more context to the artists before each review. This time however I think he overdid it a bit for a reminder of just one album 2 years old.

[@diegolazaro8358]

As for the sound alone, best Shellac album of the year. Steve would be proud.

[@ApocalypseMoose]

Fun fact: Anthony is the titular "Funny Man" of the track.

[@mattspencer7767]

Love this album, though the final track doesn't really do it for me. conceptually 'No Way Out' is a cool way to end things but musically it feels a little thin.

[@creekandseminole]

Go catch them on tour and be sure to check out the opening band Traindodge who are also from Oklahoma City.

[@k.skraatch]

Hi Anthony, will you be reviewing the new Colin Stetson album, The love it took to leave you? You’ve reviewed all of his albums since 2011 :(

[@WorkofAmbience]

I think if they had another long depressive epic, it would have felt like a by the numbers copy so while I'm unhappy about not getting another good epic, I'm happy we didn't get a bad epic.

[@lbgrindel]

Can't beat those Raygun Busch lyrics

[@MikeIsCool974]

Please review the Rich Homie Quan posthumous project. I’m very curious to see what you think

[@MinuteMayne]

Fuck no

[@GanymedePrincss]

Really I got way more of SWANS from Frownland than Nirvana, especially in regards to to vocals. Busch really shows his range on this album.

[@inanimationzxd420]

Just got my uniform cd in the mail today. Oddly after flipping through the booklet and checking the disc, I noted it made the font on my dying fetus cd destroy the opposition feel blue.