Pile have announced their new album Hot Air Balloon, will arrive on January 5th via Exploding In Sound Records. Along with the news, the band have shared the single “The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Ballon.”  The five song release was recorded during the sessions of the band’s  2023 full-length, All Fiction.

Maguire discussed the new song, saying:

“It started off as just an image that felt related to the music (floating peacefully through the air), but it naturally turned into a story of that peace being interrupted by fear and navel-gazing. I usually use songwriting as a way to look for and work through whatever might need to process, and that’s how this one shook out.”

The release of All Fiction felt like the start of a new chapter for Pile, leaning into the band’s keen sense of atmosphere and experimentation to create some of their most ambitious work to date. The album’s sessions were especially productive and luckily for the listener, these other recordings are set to see the light of day via the Hot Air Balloon EP. After sixteen years as a band, Pile are still making visceral and essential music.

Pile
Hot Air Balloon
tracklist
Exploding In Sound Records

1. Scaling Walls
2. The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon
3. Only For A Reminder
4. Exits Blocked
5. You Get To Decide

Pile 2023 Tour Dates

09/21 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern ^
09/22 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios ^
09/26 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord ^
09/28 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s ^
09/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom ^
10/01 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar ^
10/02 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge ^
10/06 – Denton, TX @ Andy’s Bar %
10/07 – Austin, TX @ Parish w/ Porcelain %
10/09 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall %
10/11 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa w/ KC Wren *
10/12 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn *
10/13 – Atlanta, GA @ 529 *
10/14 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle w/ MJ Lenderman *
10/15 – Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone *
10/16 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall ~
10/17 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat w/ Spring Silver ~
10/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s ~
10/21 – New York, NY @ Racket w/ Spring Silver
10/23 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair w/ Haasan Barcaly

^ w/ Cable Ties
% w/ Stuck
* w/ Prewn
~ w/ Cor de Lux

Order Hot Air Balloon by Pile HERE