Pile - Hot Air Balloon EP [12 EP, Laguna Blue Vinyl, Eco Vinyl]

Cat. no: LPEIS131C
Format: 12 EP, Laguna Blue Vinyl, Eco Vinyl
Barcode: 601968996178
Release Date: 15 Nov 2024
Genre: Indie

Pile - the trio of Rick Maguire, Kris Kuss, and Alex Molini - found inspiration in the studio while working on their latest LP All Fiction, working tirelessly to record, experiment, manipulate, mutate, and layer the songs with lush orchestration, haunting synths, and abstract textures

Challenging the confnes of the standard "rock band," they took inspiration from artists 
like Portishead and Aphex Twin, reigniting their passion as they explored their sound in a new realm. The sessions resulted in a futter of productivity and before the band knew it they had completed well over a dozen songs, stretching far beyond the confnes of a single LP's runtime. After much deliberation, songs were pulled from the record, never a "trimming of the fat" but more of a consideration of which songs were able to stand best on their own. These songs form the Hot Air Balloon EP. Released digitally on January 5th, 2024, and now in LP format for the frst time, the EP captures the band experimenting in all directions, from the direct to the further abstract. Following the release of "Scaling Walls," a song Paste Magazine called "a contemplative slow- burn," the band introduce the EP with the quasi title track, "The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon," a song that fnds Pile in a more surrealist state, the meditative composition bristling with shufing rhythms and brilliantly disorienting  synths.

Tracks: Scaling Walls / The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon / Only For A Reminder / Exits Blocked / You Get To Decide

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