Chat Pile Release New Song “Masks” And Share Nirvana Cover “Sifting”

Oklahoma noise rock outfit Chat Pile have issued a pair of new recordings, digitally unveiling their latest original track “Masks” alongside a cover of Nirvana’s “Sifting.” Both songs arrived February 6 as part of a standalone 7” release through Sub Pop, further tying the band to the influential Seattle label’s legacy.

“Masks” continues the group’s ongoing series of mask-themed songs, while their take on “Sifting” pays tribute to the early Sub Pop era by revisiting material from Nirvana’s debut album ‘Bleach’. Speaking about the release, the band reflected on the significance of the opportunity and their connection to the label’s history:

“It’s a true dream to put out a single on Sub Pop, and our new song ‘Masks’ hopefully honors the spirit of the mythical, sometimes mystical, city of Seattle. Thanks in part to the movie Hype, we have long been obsessed with Seattle, the American underground of the late ‘80s, and Sub Pop and their tools of world domination. Everything we learned about packaging Chat Pile we learned from Sub Pop co-founders Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt.

We wanted to cover a song from the early Sub Pop era, and something off ‘Bleach’ seemed the obvious choice. Songs like ‘Paper Cuts,’ ‘Negative Creep,’ and especially ‘Sifting’ are fairly lateral to the type of sounds we make with Chat Pile. (Perhaps next time we’ll take on a TAD song!)

P.S. – Fuck ICE.”

The release underscores the band’s admiration for the underground lineage that shaped their abrasive sonic identity, pairing new material with a reinterpretation rooted in grunge history.

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