Since beginning as the solo project of Rick Maguire, Pile has evolved into something increasingly hard to define. Ostensibly a post-hardcore band, Pile’s incorporated elements of folk, country and pop, and with their latest album “All Fiction”, more atmospheric art-rock territory that veers into the avant garde. Lead single “Loops” is heavier in its back end than its riffs, Maguire’s riffs more abstract and ambient, but the end result is something that feels heavy as fuck. And it’s strange moments of magic like this that make Pile such a thrilling band to keep up with.
From the album, “”All Fiction,”” out February 17th, 2023, via Exploding in Sound Records
The Fat Angel Sings 