Between their tireless D.I.Y. work ethic and constantly evolving sound, Pil… Read Full Bio ↴Between their tireless D.I.Y. work ethic and constantly evolving sound, Pile have earned both a large homegrown following and the respect of their peers. Led by singer/guitarist Rick Maguire, the band evolved with a string of increasingly complex albums released throughout the 2010s, bringing a varied instrumentation to their often-aggressive sound on albums like 2017's A Hairshirt of Purpose or 2019's Green and Gray. The band took a different approach to their 2021 album Songs Known Together, Alone, which saw Maguire refashioning the band's older material as a group of solo songs. Pile returned in 2023 with a retooled lineup and another sonic shift on the texturally dense All Fiction.
Pile was initially the solo project of Boston-based singer/guitarist Rick Maguire. He issued a pair of rough but engaging lo-fi albums (2007's Demonstration and 2009's Jerk Routine) that segued between experimental folk, jagged indie rock, and elements of post-rock. Transforming Pile into a collective, Maguire assembled the full-time lineup of guitarist Matt Becker, bassist Matt Connery, and drummer Kris Kuss in 2010 and released Magic Isn't Real, establishing the dark and noisy tones that would become one of the group's hallmarks. Following a 2011 EP titled Big Web, Pile signed with Exploding in Sound and made their label debut with 2012's widely touted Dripping. The 7" release Special Snowflakes/Mama's Lipstick preceded 2015's You're Better Than This as the band continued a daunting touring schedule, hitting North America and Europe. With each release, Pile's sound continued to evolve, adding piano, banjo, and strings on 2017's A Hairshirt of Purpose, which ran the gamut from slow, orchestrated tracks to massive noisy assaults. Jack White's Third Man label issued Pile's first live album, Live at Third Man Records, in late 2017. Between albums, the band collected singles and other miscellaneous tracks on the appropriately titled 2018 collection Odds and Ends before returning with seventh studio album Green and Gray in the spring of 2019. By this point Maguire had moved from Boston to Nashville and enlisted new member Chappy Hull (guitar) and Alex Molini (bass) to join him.
After releasing 2020's Second Other Tape, a set of experimental sketches, Maguire began revisiting Pile's earlier catalog and approaching it from a new angle. Recorded entirely on his own over the course of a three-day session, 2021's Songs Known Together, Alone, consisted of 16 reworked compositions that went as far back as 2007's Demonstration. It was followed later that year by the fully improvised In the Corners of a Sphere-Filled Room which, like its predecessor was self-released. 2023's All Fiction marked Pile's return to longtime label Exploding in Sound and was seen as a proper follow up to Green and Gray. Kuss, still living in Boston, rejoined the band for these sessions, which featured a more textured and complex sound.
Biography by Timothy Monger
There are other artists with the same name:
2.) Pile is a Japanese Singer and Seiyuu, Her real name is Hori Eriko (堀絵梨子) and she was born in 1988. She released a indies solo single in 2007 called "Your is All... " but didn't make a major solo debut until 2014 with the single "伝説のFLARE", which was used as the third ending song for the anime "Tenkai Knight".
3.) Tech house duo consisting of Markus Nikolai and Thomas Franzmann, founders of the Perlon label. Mainly active in the late 1990s, Pile produced a handful of tracks, first on the Epic label and finally on Perlon. Their unique style blended irregular, stripped-down house beats and distorted techno melodies with unorthodox vocal samples and characterized the early tech house sound. The group is no longer active, but Nikolai and Franzmann continue to work under different aliases.
Pile was initially the solo project of Boston-based singer/guitarist Rick Maguire. He issued a pair of rough but engaging lo-fi albums (2007's Demonstration and 2009's Jerk Routine) that segued between experimental folk, jagged indie rock, and elements of post-rock. Transforming Pile into a collective, Maguire assembled the full-time lineup of guitarist Matt Becker, bassist Matt Connery, and drummer Kris Kuss in 2010 and released Magic Isn't Real, establishing the dark and noisy tones that would become one of the group's hallmarks. Following a 2011 EP titled Big Web, Pile signed with Exploding in Sound and made their label debut with 2012's widely touted Dripping. The 7" release Special Snowflakes/Mama's Lipstick preceded 2015's You're Better Than This as the band continued a daunting touring schedule, hitting North America and Europe. With each release, Pile's sound continued to evolve, adding piano, banjo, and strings on 2017's A Hairshirt of Purpose, which ran the gamut from slow, orchestrated tracks to massive noisy assaults. Jack White's Third Man label issued Pile's first live album, Live at Third Man Records, in late 2017. Between albums, the band collected singles and other miscellaneous tracks on the appropriately titled 2018 collection Odds and Ends before returning with seventh studio album Green and Gray in the spring of 2019. By this point Maguire had moved from Boston to Nashville and enlisted new member Chappy Hull (guitar) and Alex Molini (bass) to join him.
After releasing 2020's Second Other Tape, a set of experimental sketches, Maguire began revisiting Pile's earlier catalog and approaching it from a new angle. Recorded entirely on his own over the course of a three-day session, 2021's Songs Known Together, Alone, consisted of 16 reworked compositions that went as far back as 2007's Demonstration. It was followed later that year by the fully improvised In the Corners of a Sphere-Filled Room which, like its predecessor was self-released. 2023's All Fiction marked Pile's return to longtime label Exploding in Sound and was seen as a proper follow up to Green and Gray. Kuss, still living in Boston, rejoined the band for these sessions, which featured a more textured and complex sound.
Biography by Timothy Monger
There are other artists with the same name:
2.) Pile is a Japanese Singer and Seiyuu, Her real name is Hori Eriko (堀絵梨子) and she was born in 1988. She released a indies solo single in 2007 called "Your is All... " but didn't make a major solo debut until 2014 with the single "伝説のFLARE", which was used as the third ending song for the anime "Tenkai Knight".
3.) Tech house duo consisting of Markus Nikolai and Thomas Franzmann, founders of the Perlon label. Mainly active in the late 1990s, Pile produced a handful of tracks, first on the Epic label and finally on Perlon. Their unique style blended irregular, stripped-down house beats and distorted techno melodies with unorthodox vocal samples and characterized the early tech house sound. The group is no longer active, but Nikolai and Franzmann continue to work under different aliases.
Hairshirt
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R.E.M. I am not the type of dog That could keep you…
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816 not found ずっと記憶してる 頬伝う雫 ときに胸の奥で 眠っては目覚めるのは 現実はいつもバッドエンドな愛で そっと繰り返すEsca…
Away in a Rainbow! Mr. was born In a coccoon He'll come out better He'll com…
Baby Boy He lives on a playground where he can drink grape juice…
Black Butterfly あなたに逢えたことで 世界を変えてゆく 私は黒いアゲハ蝶のように 舞い上がる 冬の真ん中で季節外れの旅人は今 太陽求め…
Bruxist Grin First your heart pounds in the dark In the morning your…
Build A Fire Why'd you try and build a fire And hide You gave it…
Came as a Glow Bear said he saw It as paper thin But now a million…
DASH 照りつける朝日浴びて 物語の始まりの予感感じている いつだって前進すれば 弾けるほどに鼓動が踊り高鳴ってく 目指したい想…
Dogs I can hear the barking of dogs around their bed I…
Don't Touch Anything Those eyes swam pretty deep Let my god play referee But he…
Dream of Princess 月夜に咲く華になって キミに捧ぐアリア ほほ伝う雫(しずく)ながした 真っ白なうさぎは 遠い宇宙(ソラ) キミといる永…
Firewood No longer burdened by youth Not burning and open and raw…
FLY There you lie in the darkness You think you know There you…
Furuwasete Dance Dance Dance 地球を震わせて 今すぐDance Dance Dance わたしを感じてみてよ (k…
Grunt Like A Pig I'm that bead of sweat on your bald head I'm the…
Hair I used to think there was just one puppeteer Pulling on…
HANABI!! いま 上がれ 上がれ 舞い上がれ 鼓舞し(コブシ)上げて 空高く Start! Ohh Oh e Ohhh Ohh Oh…
Heroic Philia 夜明けの見えない 暗闇彷徨い続けても 夢みることを諦めたくはないの すすけたドレス...棘の道を歩む足は 傷だらけで時に…
I Don't Want To Do This Anymore I can hear the barking of dogs surrounding their bed I…
Leaning On A Wheel Getting in our own way an blaming traffic And a shity…
Levee No pressure on the levee With your prowess in physics I do…
Milkshake Laying on the curb That drops off about a mile Your heart…
Mr. Fish My name is Darryl Fish and I changed when I…
My Employer I'm aware of my age My impermanence and so forth I've made…
Not Alone あれからいくつも季節が 流れたよね 一人じゃない時間が 重なって I didn't know 誰かを愛するという意味が …
Octopus 8 arms 8 legs To suck and push What do you give to…
Pets When pets and their owners don't mix And the ape wants…
Prom Song Whispered at your mum She wondered why you came Fold it up…
Road 思い返せば たくさんのことが 本当に色々あったよね 目に見えてたものが全てと 信じてただけなら今はなかったよ 転んでは …
Sun Poisoning I'm right at home Sleeping on the sequins of my demon's…
Sweat Lodge Tender as the sand is rough Devices that could fill your…
Texas Five places One twice the size of Texas In the middle of…
The Jones Tried to keep up by running in place Tried to keep…
The Soft Hands of Stephen Miller From a long line of translucent lizards comes our boy…
Tin Foil Hat A dog to anyone who will provide protection That'll keep int…
Touched By Comfort It's the same place on a map But most things have…
Uncle Jill Staring out on escape routes As things as i knew show…
VENGEANCE 求めたきらめきが闇の中呼んでる 許してしまった運命 後悔じゃ戻らない 抜け殼 縋る子供ほど 無邪気にもなれなくて 求め…
Vivid Vision 「どうして僕はあの人みたいに 強くはばたけないでいるのか?」 そんなためらいは捨ててしまおう どんなに背伸びをしてみたっ…
Waking Up In The Morning Found in a surf green tiled bathroom With nothing in it…
Worms I would never dream of blaming it on you So please…
⇒ NEXT WORLD ⇒ 支離滅裂なEveryday 究極のスイッチを探している 彷徨うフェニックス 特別にキミになら Shangri-La辿り着…
いつかキミに届ける世界 不思議だね たくさんの時間(トキ)を 過ごして頑張ってこれたのは 隣にキミがいたからなんだ いつまでも Party 気分…
デュエル 答え見えない世の中だって 今日も明日も繰り返すの? いつもチェンジ求めるなら 駆けて×て駆けぬけろ 未来はキミの手の平に…
伝説のFLARE 星は語り始めた... 月に出逢うとしたら 世界 終わりが来る前に この鼓動聞けばいい 果てしない宇宙(そら)に 光差し込…
夢見花 星降る夜に 気持ち押されて いとしい人の 名前を呼んだ つぼみのままの 小さな気持ち どうか消えないで 胸に宿った あな…
花と翼 湖に揺れる秘密の傷 触れられないおぼろげな月 深い眠りから覚めたシンデレラは 迷いの森駆け抜けては 雨にぬれていた 心に…
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