Chat Pile announce new Sub Pop 7-inch, “Masks” b/w “Sifting”

Chat Pile have announced a new limited edition 7-inch single, “Masks” b/w “Sifting,” which will be released via Sub Pop on Feb. 6. The b-side is a cover of the Nirvana song, which closes out their debut album Bleach. It’s available for pre-order here, and will be available in independent record shops as well.

The band released a statement about working with Sub Pop: “It’s a true dream to put out a single on Sub Pop, and our new song ‘Masks’ hopefully honors the spirit of the mythical, sometimes mystical, city of Seattle. Thanks in part to the movie Hype, we have long been obsessed with Seattle, the American underground of the late ‘80s, and Sub Pop and their tools of world domination. Everything we learned about packaging Chat Pile, we learned from Sub Pop co-founders Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt.
 
“We wanted to cover a song from the early Sub Pop era, and something off Bleach seemed the obvious choice. Songs like ‘Paper Cuts,’ ‘Negative Creep,’ and especially ‘Sifting’ are fairly lateral to the type of sounds we make with Chat Pile. (Perhaps next time we’ll take on a TAD song!)
 
“P.S. – Fuck ICE.”

Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo’s In the Earth Again is featured on our list of the 50 Best Albums of 2025.