Stin (Chat Pile)
What are your top five albums that were released in 2022? (In order 1-5)
- Vórtize - ¡Tienes que luchar!
- Nerve - Cash
- Sumerlands - Dream Killer
- Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
- Scarcity - Aveilut
What band did you discover in 2022 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? How so?
I’ve listened to Amanita by Bardo Pond a million times this year. I’m not normally attracted to sprawling, meandering jam music but something about the formula on that album is absolutely perfect. It’s depressive, gauzy and enveloping. As far as its impact goes, I can say it’s made me very interested in pursuing more psychedelic textures in the music I write, but we’ll see what happens, ha ha.
How will you remember 2022? (In terms of music)
Well, not to be a complete egomaniac, but I’ll probably remember it most for the crazy response God’s Country received. It was unexpected, to say the least! Otherwise, we seem to be living in an era where metallic hardcore and noise rock are pretty big in the heavy music world, which is cool!
What can we look forward to from you in 2023?
We have a split EP coming out with Nerver which will be released jointly by Reptilian Records and The Ghost is Clear Records sometime in the late spring/early summer. We’re also playing a run of shows with Lingua Ignota in the western United States and then we make our European debut at Roadburn in April.
What records are you looking forward to most in 2023?
The new Jesus Piece record, hands down!
Live shows are still a mixed bag as we adapt to social gatherings in a COVID world. What is something positive you see about touring right now? Anything you’d like to see change?
People really seem to be coming out to shows in a way I’ve never seen before. I think being locked up for so long made people realize they had perhaps taken live music for granted. I also like the trend of shows starting and ending early - it certainly helps those of us who have regular shitty jobs to go to in the morning! As far as what should change? Let's really limit shows to three bands whenever possible, please!