thread of superlative boston rock band PILE

i like them a lot, they definitely scratch a very specific musical itch for me. i need to listen to the new one more but i really liked the one long song ("hiding places").

i still haven't heard the new one!!!

More people need to (re)listen to this album. Myself included.

shit, i feel bad that i waited so long to listen to their best album

usually a pile album has a few slow, stirring, stunning songs punctuated by songs that are pretty much just somersaulting riffs, but there's not only the sense on this record that they've gotten the balance right (cf. "on a bigger screen") but that they're even pushing outside of their previous modes into new ideas of atmosphere ("other moons"). also all the songs are good

also lmao at the song title "the soft hands of stephen miller"

*listens to “a labyrinth with no center” on repeat* this is the best indie rock band of all time

where is simon h.

this is the best indie rock band of all time
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maybe/probably an indication of the state of indie rock c. 2019 but this album, this band should be getting more attention imo

lmao brad I posted "...Stephen Miller" to the US Politics thread a few months back cause it had just come out and he was back in the news

I haven't given the album a proper airing yet but I will

I'm assuming this popped back up on yr radar today due to subconscious Baroness association?

yes it totally did lmao

the albums take similar courses!

this is good

It's exceptionally annoying the vinyl is 2xLP but plays at 45 RPM. Like, WHY???

Yes, this is good.

their new one is a masterpiece omg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=527-qo_meIg

parts of this remind me of prime trail of dead, other parts of it remind me of nothing i've ever heard

saw them Friday night here in London and it was a killer set

most creative rock record 2023

I will be in NOLA for a week in October and I looked to see if any bands were playing I might want to see.

The only one that made any sense was Pile. The band is from Boston, was described as "pummeling" in one thing I read and I watched snippets of some videos on the YouTubes that looked kinda cool.

Are they worth taking an evening away from absinthe, beignets, and po boys? What should I start with from them and what's their best?

i think their new one all fiction is their best, but the most accessible/best way in is probably dripping. "pummeling" is right but i also thing they have a kind of swagger that's so relaxed it's on the verge of falling apart. and i haven't seen them live, but i've only heard they're must-see

Always good to see live. Definitely pummeling on the Green and Gray tour but Rick has really expanded the Pile sound since then btwn the solo reworkings on Songs Known Together, Alone (which is a real treat) and All Fiction. Still sits within their post-hardcore/whatever vibe but the latter feels like a real milestone and maybe even a departure point, just all kinds of different textures and melodies.