Velvet Underground

Chat Pile are ready to beam a new album our way. The Oklahoman noise-rock quartet have confirmed that a record called Who Loves the Sun is out later this year, though you can dive right into its first creep-stomped single, “Deep Blue,” as of today. The album is Chat Pile’s first since 2024’s Cool World. A press release has vocalist Ray Busch praising “Deep Blue” — both melancholy and psyche-penetrating, low-undulated strings shimmering uncannily beneath depressively melodic musings and past-the-brink screams — “because it sounds like Chat Pile doing a Billy Squire song.” “It s our ‘Lonely Is the Night,’ which is actually a fake Led Zeppelin song so who knows what the hell we re actually doing here,” he says, adding of the song’s thematic drive, “Technology is rapidly ruining our lives, 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.” A video, directed by Stephen Mondics, is just as unsettling, seemingly concerning a couple and the collection of seniors they keep captive in a basement. Without spoiling too much, it features blue-pilling, beard-combing, sensual dances bordering on abuse, weapon-wielding, unsafe practices with dry cleaning bags, maybe a severed head, and more. Though it’s unclear if the album title is a nod to the Velvet Underground, Chat Pile do cite Boston as having some kind of a sonic influence on the record s layering. The album is further described as reflecting “the challenges of trying to keep one s humanity in a time of extreme anti-humanity.” “This record focuses on my grievances with the modern world,” Busch continues. “AI, genocide, climate change, the power elite, $$$$ hoarding pigs — all that shit fucks up your life and mine.” In spite of — or perhaps because of — closing with a song called “October All the Time,” Who Loves the Sun is due out September 4th through the Flenser. You can pre-order a limited-edition colored vinyl variant from Revolver’s shop. You’ll find the full tracklisting and cover art down below, along with Chat Pile’s just-announced North American tour supporting the LP. Who Loves the Sun tracklisting:CreatureDeep BlueSame RulesPEN I S MALLShrineIntruderChristabel 26InfluenceFamily FuneralOctober All the Time Chat Pile North American tour dates 2026:9/12 Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre (SISU Fundraiser Fest) #9/17 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue + $9/19 Chicago, IL — Riot Fest 9/20 Englewood, CO – The Gothic Theatre + 9/23 Salt Lake City, UT – The Metro Music Hall + 9/25 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo + 9/27 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall + 9/29 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades + 9/30 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom + 10/03 San Diego, CA – Music Box + 10/04 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco + 10/06 Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater + 10/08 Austin, TX – Radio/East + 10/09 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall + 10/10 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater + 11/05 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre + %11/06 Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre + %11/08 Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall + %11/10 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel + %11/11 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer + %11/12 Washington, DC – Black Cat + %11/14 Charlotte, NC – Underground + %11/15 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade + %11/16 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl + %11/18 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall + %11/20 Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe at Old National Centre + %11/21 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall + %11/22 Lawrence, KS – The Granada + % + with Soul Glo$ with Prize Horse with Virga% with Shallowater# with Portrayal of Guilt, Nightosphere, Traindodge, Primal Brain

Though Underoath have only just begun their van tour heading to the Vans Warped Tour, the long-running post-hardcore group are now also setting their sights on a 20th anniversary run celebrating 2006’s Define the Great Line. Better yet, they’ll be topping a bill that also features metalcore mainstays August Burns Red, Atreyu and more. The new round of tour dates was confirmed today (June 9th), with it being noted that Underoath’s Define the Great Line tour begins November 5th at the Pageant in St. Louis, Missouri. The six-week trip has August Burns Red and Atreyu supporting on all dates, while As Cities Burn and Emery will appear on select dates. All the opening bands were selected because they’ve been friends of Underoath’s “since the beginning.” “What this album has meant to us, and so many others, over the past 20 years is hard to quantify,” guitarist Chris Dudley said of Define the Great Line. “It gave us permission to be ourselves. It sent us around the world. It gave people the freedom to say (and scream) the things out loud they had buried deep. It will outlive us. “We still play these songs on stage 20 years later and get those chills. The opportunity to devote an entire tour to presenting this album in the best way it ever has been, alongside friends we’ve had since before it was released, is going to be bucket list material for us.” A pre-sale for tickets begins today, while the general on-sale for the newly announced dates begins on Friday (June 12th). You can find more info over here. Of course, Underoath also have their aforementioned van tour — which sees them hitting a series of smaller club venues, en route to their multiple appearances on the Vans Warped Tour — on the go right now. They play Savannah, Georgia’s Victory North venue tonight. You’ll find the band’s updated and expanded tour plans in full down below. Underoath tour dates 2026:6/9 Savannah, GA Victory North ^6/10 Greenville, SC The Radio Room ^6/11 Greensboro, NC Hangar 1819 ^6/13 Washington, D.C. Vans Warped Tour #6/14 Richmond, VA The Canal Club ^6/15 Asheville, NC Eulogy ^7/13 Gainesville, FL The Wooly ^7/14 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall ^7/15 Baton Rouge, LA Chelsea s Live ^7/17 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger ^7/18 Corpus Christi, TX House of Rock ^7/20 Lubbock, TX Jake s Sports Café ^7/22 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace ^7/23 Tucson, AZ 191 Toole ^7/25 Long Beach, CA Vans Warped Tour #7/27 Flagstaff, AZ Hotel Monte Vista ^7/28 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad ^7/29 Roswell, NM The Liberty ^7/31 Tulsa, OK The Vanguard ^8/1 Springfield, MO The Venue on Sunset ^8/2 Memphis, TN 1884 Lounge ^8/14 Toronto, ON RBC Amphitheatre *8/15 Toronto, ON RBC Amphitheatre *9/12-13 – Mexico City, MEX Vans Warped Tour #9/20 Louisville, KY Louder Than Life Festival #9/25 Pittsburgh, PA Four Chord Music Festival #10/2 Sacramento, CA Aftershock Festival #10/10-11 – Birmingham, AL Furnace Festival #10/24 Fort Worth, TX @ Sick New World Festival #11/5 St. Louis, MO The Pageant !11/6 Oklahoma City, MO The Criterion !11/7 Albuquerque, NM Revel Entertainment Center!11/9 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre !11/10 San Diego, CA SOMA !11/12 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl !11/13 TBA11/14 San Francisco, CA The Masonic !11/16 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre !11/17 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum !11/19 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center !11/21 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium !11/23 Minneapolis, MN The Armory !11/24 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom !11/25 Grand Rapids, MI GLC Live at 20 Monroe !11/27 TBA11/28 Montreal, QC MTELUS %11/29 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway %12/1 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore %12/3 Lancaster, PA Freedom Hall %12/4 Cincinnati, OH The Andrew J Brady Music Center %12/5 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room at Old National Centre12/6 Detroit, MI The Fillmore %12/8 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount %12/11 Raleigh, NC The Ritz %12/12 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues %12/13 TBA12/15 Austin, TX ACL Live at the Moody Theater %12/16 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center %12/18 Tampa, FL Yuengling Center %# festival date^ with HELD$ with Alexisonfire! with August Burns Red, Atreyu, As Cities Burn% with August Burns Red, Atreyu, Emery