Chat Pile have announced their new album, Who Loves the Sun, out Sept. 4 via The Flenser.
Who Loves the Sun, Chat Pile’s fourth LP, focuses on the apathy that defines the present — arguing that society’s indifference toward environmental collapse, economic stagnation, and AI has all become a defining feature of the 21st century.
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“This record focuses on my grievances with the modern world,” vocalist Raygun Busch 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.”
“This album contains a healthy dose of the usual Chat Pile airing of grievances against the state of the world,” bassist Stin continues. “But deeper at its 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.”
Lead single “Deep Blue” was the first song they wrote for Who Loves the Sun and set the momentum for the rest of the LP. “Technology is rapidly ruining our lives,” Busch notes. “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.”
Watch the video for “Deep Blue,” see the tracklist for Who Loves the Sun, and see their 2026 tour dates below.
Chat Pile – Who Loves the Sun tracklist
“Creature”
“Deep Blue”
“Same Rules”
“PEN I S MALL”
“Shrine”
“Intruder”
“Christabel ’26”
“Influence”
“Family Funeral”
“October All the Time”
Chat Pile 2026 tour dates
06/11 – Sydney, Australia @ Manning Bar06/12 – Melbourne, Australia @ Max Watts06/13 – Hobart, Australia @ Dark Mofo06/14 – Brisbane, Australia @ The Triffid06/16 – Adelaide, Australia @ Lion Arts Factory06/18 – Auckland, New Zealand @ Tuning Fork06/19 – Wellington, New Zealand @ San Fran08/06 – Âncora, Portugal @ Sonic Blast Fest08/08 – Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival08/09 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Fuchs208/10 – Budapest, Hungary @ A3808/11 – Vienna, Austria @ Arena Wien08/12 – Munich, Germany @ Live/Evil08/14 – Col du Lein, Switzerland @ PALP Festival08/19 – Dublin, Ireland @ Button Factory08/20 – Dublin, Ireland @ Button Factory08/22 – Bristol, UK @ ArcTanGent Festival09/12 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre (SISU Fundraiser Fest)09/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue09/19 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest09/20 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre09/23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall09/25 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo09/27 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall09/29 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades09/30 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom10/03 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box10/04 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco10/06 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater10/08 – Austin, TX @ Radio/East10/09 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall10/10 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater11/05 – Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre11/06 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre11/08 – Norwalk, CT @ District Music Hall11/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel11/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer11/12 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat11/14 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground11/15 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade11/16 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl11/18 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall11/20 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National Centre11/21 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall11/22 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
