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CHAT PILE WHY

Oklahoma City noise-rock band Chat Pile release crushing new single 'Why' ahead of their debut full length God's Country due out on the 29th of July via experimental label The Flenser. Over doom laden riffs, singer Raygun Busch addresses head on the one of the (countless) inconsistencies of American capitalist society that can at once be lauded as a utopian 'land of the free' yet be unwilling to ensure basic rights of it's citizens, to house and give shelter, especially when the resources and wealth needed to do so is there: Busch's increasingly frantic repetition of simple the question, 'Why do people have to live outside?' highlights the absurdity and cruelty. He goes on to explain, "In OKC, there are huge crosses and statues of Jesus and enormous churches everywhere and yet the teachings of Christ cannot be found implemented anywhere. This is true for much of America and probably the world. Why? I hate seeing suffering; don’t you? Why should I live in a house while someone else lives under a bridge? Why do people have to live outside? Wickedness, all around us. Real horror." -Toby Evans-Jesra

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