Chat Pile’s “Frownland” Video is Dripping with Isolation and Loneliness
With their tour about to kick off, Chat Pile dropped a new music video for the track “Frownland” off their latest LP Cool World. And according to its director, it’s all about feelin’ lonely.
And while the music wades through its molasses-thick thump and rancid fury, the video’s equally unsettling at first, eventually building to the end of director Matthew Zagorski’s narrative treatment for the song.
“When I first heard this song, I heard despair, so I wanted the video to start off troubling. The main character laying there in the rubble of his old life, digging through the ruins of what used to be. I was dealing with extreme feelings of loneliness and not feeling worthy at the time of piecing together this video and it really bled into the narrative.”
In just a couple days, Chat Pile will kick off their North American tour with Nightosphere, Nerver, Agriculture, Porcelain, Traindodge, Mamaleek, and thirdface. Now, it’s not like all of those openers will be at every show, so if you want to see a certain band open for Chat Pile, you’re going to have to check the list of dates below to see who’s playing which date. The band also announced a couple of tour runs throughout 2025, which we’ve also included below.
Oh and don’t forget to pick up Cool World wherever you get your music.
Chat Pile on tour:
Oct. 31 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street $
Nov. 01 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street %
Nov. 02 Columbia, MO – The Blue Note %
Nov. 03 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room %
Nov. 05 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall %
Nov. 06 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line %
Nov. 08 Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s #
Nov. 09 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre #
Nov. 11 Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall #
Nov. 12 Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount #
Nov. 14 Burlington, VT – Showcase Lounge @ Higher Ground ^
Nov. 15 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Nov. 16 New York, NY – (Le) Poisson Rouge ^
Nov. 17 Boston, MA – The Sinclair ^
Nov. 19 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery *
Nov. 20 Richmond, VA – The Broadberry *
Nov. 21 Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819 *
Nov. 22 Nashville, TN – The End *
Feb. 14 Dallas, TX – Trees +
Feb. 15 Houston, TX – Secret Group +
Feb. 16 Austin, TX – Mohawk ~
Feb. 18 Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar +
Feb. 20 Phoenix, AZ – The Nile Theater ~
Feb. 21 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar +
Feb. 22 Pomona, CA – The Glasshouse +
Feb. 23 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall ~
Feb. 25 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater ~
Feb. 26 Seattle, WA – Neumos ~
Feb. 27 Vancouver, BC – The Pearl +
Mar. 01 Calgary, AB – Commonwealth Bar +
Mat. 02 Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room +
Mar. 04 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory +
Mar. 05 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge +
Mar. 06 Denver, CO – Gothic Theater +
Apr. 19 NL Tilburg – Roadburn
Apr. 20 UK Brighton – Chalk =
Apr. 21 UK London – Earth Hall =
Apr. 23 SC Glasgow – St Luke’s =
Apr. 24 UK Leeds – Irish Centre =
Apr. 25 UK Birmingham – The Crossing =
Apr. 27 BE Antwerp – Trix !
Apr. 28 FR Paris – La Maroquinerie !
Apr. 30 H Fribourg – Fri-Son !
May 01 IT Milan – Legend Club !
May 03 DE Karlsruhe – Jubez !
May 04 DE Koln – Gebaeude9 !
May 06 DE Berlin – SO36 !
May 08 DK Copenhagen – A Colossal Weekend !e
May 09 SE Stockholm – Slaktkyrkan !
May 10 NO Oslo – Desertfest !
May 11 NO Bergen – Landmark !
Jun. 05-07 Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound
$ with Nightosphere, Nerver
% with Agriculture, Porcelain
# with Agriculture, Traindodge
^ with Mamaleek, Traindodge
* with Mamaleek, thirdface
+ with Gouge Away, Nightosphere
~ with Nightosphere
! with Agriculture
= with HIRS Collective
