Hear Chat Pile’s brutal new song, “PEN I S MALL”

Ryan Lawson

Chat Pile recently revealed the details of their new album, Who Loves The Sun, which is due out September 4 via The Flenser. After releasing the first single, “Deep Blue,” they offer up another single, “PEN I S MALL.” Yep, that’s the title. Hear it below.

The song is “…the heaviest Chat Pile song to date. The song and title refer to a stretch of time when Raygun was working as a maintenance man at one of the local shopping malls here in OKC. He screamed himself into a pretty brutal headache tracking this one if I remember correctly,” said Chat Pile’s Stin in a statement.

Vocalist Raygun Busch added: “If survival wasn’t so brutal in the United States, a maintenance job at a local mall could in theory be a fun gig… Of course, the awful beast known as Capitalism is extremely rickety with not enough to truly go around in fair share as those in the lower and even middle positions know all to well.”

Chat Pile’s last album was 2025’s In the Earth Again, the group’s full-length collaboration with Hayden Pedigo. It was featured on our list of the 50 best albums of 2025.

Chat Pile tour dates:

Aug 06 Ancora, PT — Sonic Blast
Aug 08 Katowice, PL — OFF Festival
Aug 09 Prague, CZ — Fuchs2 ^
Aug 10 Budapest, HU — A38 ^
Aug 11 Vienna, AT — Arena
Aug 12 Munich, DE — Live/Evil ^
Aug 14 Col Du Lein, CH — Palp Festival
Aug 19 Dublin, IRE — Button Factory ^
Aug 20 Dublin, IRE — Button Factory ^
Aug 22 Bristol, UK — Arctangent Festival

Sep 12 Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre (SISU Fundraiser Fest) #
Sep 17 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue + $
Sep 19 Chicago, IL — Riot Fest
Sep 20 Englewood, CO – The Gothic Theatre + &
Sep 23 Salt Lake City, UT – The Metro Music Hall + &
Sep 25 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo + &
Sep 27 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall + &
Sep 29 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades + &
Sep 30 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom + &
Oct 03 San Diego, CA – Music Box + &
Oct 04 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco + &
Oct 06 Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater + &
Oct 08 Austin, TX – Radio/East + &
Oct 09 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall + &
Oct 10 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater + &
Nov 05 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre + %
Nov 06 Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre + %
Nov 08 Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall + %
Nov 10 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel + %
Nov 11 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer + %
Nov 12 Washington, DC – Black Cat + %
Nov 14 Charlotte, NC – Underground + %
Nov 15 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade + %
Nov 16 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl + %
Nov 18 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall + %
Nov 20 Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe at Old National Centre + %
Nov 21 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall + %
Nov 22 Lawrence, KS – The Granada + %