In a world increasingly shaped by disposable content, Chat Pile answers with something defiantly real and organic, a mentality that permeates Who Loves the Sun, their third full-length record, incoming September 4, 2026. Since the band's formation just over six years ago, the Oklahoma City-based quartet has grown from a scrappy passion project of four local film and music enthusiasts into one of the defining heavy acts to emerge from the 2020s underground. Ray B. (vocals), L. Manhole (guitar), Stin (bass), and Cap’n Ron (drums)’s crushing, crass, and cathartic take on noise rock resonates in this cracked reality. It captures a raw, undeniably human essence that’s increasingly fleeting in an age marked by ceaseless torrents of algorithmic slop, technological overreach, and the cold, crestfallen state of society. Nothing about Who Loves the Sun feels synthetic.
Please welcome to the Flenser family: Truck Violence. The Montreal-via-Alberta band melds post-hardcore, sludge, noise rock and anti-fascist rage with folk, bluegrass, and small-town country pride. Their new record, The weathervane is my body,comes out June 26.
The first single, "New Jesus," is out now, with a video by Kirill Sommer linked below. The new track, recorded and produced by the band, is a searing rebuke of the US right's dominion over information and culture, as well as the apathetic mainstream response from below.
You can preorder The weathervane is my body on Iridescent White with HB Blue Blend, Coke Bottle Clear, or Black Vinyl; Sky Blue cassette tape; or CD
The Flenser's 9th edition of the membership series is available for purchase now in vinyl and a new CD format.
At long last: Bosse-de-Nage. Hidden Fires Burn Hottestis out now on The Flenser.
Rhododendron's new single "Firmament" marks the beginning of the band's collaboration with The Flenser.
Kathryn Mohr's new single "Property" is out now via The Flenser in advance of her album, "Carve," out April 17th.
Crippling Alcoholism's "Camgirl" is now available for pre-order in an exclusive vinyl variant through our friends at Devil Dog UK.
Crippling Alcoholism's 2025 breakthrough album Camgirl is now available for pre-order via The Flenser.
Boston gothic noise rockers Crippling Alcoholism are now on The Flenser. A re-issue of their 2025 breakthrough album Camgirlwill be out early 2026, with a new full-length LP to follow.
Ragana and Drowse's new collaborative album, Ash Souvenir, is out now via The Flenser.
Ragana and Drowse have released the third single from their upcoming collaborative album, "Ash Souvenir," via The Flenser. "After Image" tackles memory, place, and moving forward.
Oklahoma City experimentalists Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo have come together to release "In The Earth Again," out now via The Flenser.