Overview
- Chat Pile announced the new album on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, and premiered the lead single “Deep Blue” with a Stephen Mondics-directed video.
- Who Loves the Sun is set for release on September 4, 2026 via The Flenser and features a 10‑song tracklist that the band published with the announcement.
- The band says the record focuses on grievances with AI, genocide, climate change and concentrated wealth and aims to explore how to keep humanity in that context.
- The rollout pairs immediate Australia and New Zealand dates and European festival appearances with a North American tour running September through November that will feature rotating support from Soul Glo, Prize Horse, Virga, Shallowater and others.
- The announcement keeps Chat Pile’s local ties front and center by using Oklahoma City’s largely vacant Devon Tower for the cover art, crediting Nightosphere members for two guest vocal parts, and scheduling an Oklahoma City benefit show that highlights the band’s growing national profile since the pandemic-era breakout.