Something arises from hell, attempting to crawl its way into heaven – only to find that the god is just as terrifying. Nerver and Chat Pile are bonded by blood on their 2023 split EP, Brothers in Christ. Hailing from Missouri and Oklahoma, among the plains it’s impossible to ignore titanic billboards that scream “HELL IS REAL”.
We're happy to present "Post-Trash's Staff Picks: The Best of 2022" as voted by the site’s wonderful contributors (including their individual lists). With 23 of our writers submitting their votes, we had 313 different records nominated (which means there weren’t many repeats) and only the top eight records received a score of sixty or higher.
What is most exciting about this endeavor is what it might say about the band’s future, through the foreshadowed new directions. There are nods to industrial and ambient music on “Bleeding Out,” shades of emotive post-rock on “Kids,” straight up death metal on “Punishment Box” and even subtle hyper-pop influence on “TAH”.
Chat Pile have made an album that’s as terrifying to listen to as it is deeply lyrically unsettling. To call the bowel-loosening low end of God’s Country the century’s sludgiest is not hyperbole; they deploy a lethal arsenal of detuned sonic bombardment that is nauseating, beautiful, punishing, an ideal foil for the ravings of Raygun Busch.
