shit, i feel bad that i waited so long to listen to their best album
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 10 June 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
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
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 10 June 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
also lmao at the song title "the soft hands of stephen miller"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 10 June 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
*listens to “a labyrinth with no center” on repeat* this is the best indie rock band of all time
where is simon h.
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 10 June 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
this is the best indie rock band of all timeikr
maybe/probably an indication of the state of indie rock c. 2019 but this album, this band should be getting more attention imo
― Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
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
― Simon H., Tuesday, 11 June 2019 01:12 (four years ago) link
I'm assuming this popped back up on yr radar today due to subconscious Baroness association?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 11 June 2019 01:13 (four years ago) link
yes it totally did lmao
the albums take similar courses!
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 01:18 (four years ago) link
this is good
― j., Saturday, 22 June 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
It's exceptionally annoying the vinyl is 2xLP but plays at 45 RPM. Like, WHY???
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Sunday, 23 June 2019 08:20 (four years ago) link
Yes, this is good.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 23 June 2019 08:51 (four years ago) link
their new one is a masterpiece omg
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 2 April 2023 16:41 (eleven months ago) link
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
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 2 April 2023 16:42 (eleven months ago) link
saw them Friday night here in London and it was a killer set
― They do the Shug a loo, do the Shy Tuna, do the Kemba Walker (fionnland), Sunday, 2 April 2023 16:45 (eleven months ago) link
most creative rock record 2023
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 19 May 2023 19:45 (ten months ago) link
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?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 16:07 (eight months ago) link
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
― ivy (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 16:31 (eight months ago) link
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.
― KPH, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 21:51 (eight months ago) link