Boston, MA’s Pile have shared the album stream for their forthcoming release, A Hairshirt of Purpose. The full-length comes out on March 31st via Exploding In Sound.

Recorded at home in Boston at The Record Co. the studio’s big windows and close proximity marked a change from the band’s previous recordings. Pile vocalist/guitarist Rick Maguire shared, “we were at home and we could see the sun, and I think both of those things lent themselves to a more focused and deliberate record.” There’s a warmth and radiant accessibility to be found throughout the album as the band experimented with different instruments (violin, viola, piano, organs, synths, banjo, etc) and a resounding push toward clarity. Pile balance their ferocious tendencies with moments of beauty, building tension with release never too far behind.

PILE
A HAIRSHIRT OF PURPOSE
EXPLODING IN SOUND RECORDS

1. Worms
2. Hissing For Peace
3. Rope’s Length
4. No Bone
5. Milkshake
6. Leaning On A Wheel
7. Texas
8. Hairshirt
9. I Don’t Want To Do This Anymore
10. Dogs
11. Making Eyes
12. Slippery
13. Fingers

TOUR DATES:
4/2 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair *
4/6 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right *
4/7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Sunnyvale *
4/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
4/13 – Washington, DC @ DC9 *
4/14 – Durham, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse *
4/15 – Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight *
4/16 – Nashville, TN @ Third Man Records *
4/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Purgatory) *
4/18 – Birmingham, AL @ The Syndicate Lounge *
4/19 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder (Florida State University) *
4/20 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa *
4/21 – Houston, TX @ The Satellite Bar *
4/22 – Austin, TX @ Sidewinder *
4/23 – Dallas, TX @ Three Links *
4/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge *
4/27 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar *
4/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo *
4/30 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop *
5/2 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
5/3 – Seattle, WA @ The Black Lodge *
5/5 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Loading Dock *
5/6 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge *
5/7 – Omaha, NE @ River City Star *
5/9 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry *
5/10 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club *
5/11 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
5/12 – Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar *
5/13 – Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s *
5/14 – Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar *
5/26 – Hamburg, DE @ TBA
5/27 – Copenhagen, DK @ Underwerket
5/28 – Berlin, DE @ Internet Explorer
5/29 – Warsaw, PL @ Chmury
5/30 – Zagreb, HR @ Mochvara
5/31 – Belgrade, RS @ MKC Kombinat
6/1 – Szeged HU @ Jazz Kocsma
6/2 – Budapest, HU @ TBA
6/3 – Ljubljana, SI @ Club Channel Zero
6/4 – Ilirska Bistrica, SI @ MKNZ
6/6 – Vienna AT @ Curtain
6/7 – Prague, CZ @ Fatal Music Club
6/8 – Leipzig, DE @ TBA
6/9 – Nuremberg, DE @ Z-Bau
6/10 – Milan, IT @ Spazio Ligera
6/12 – Zurich, CH @ Bosch Bar
6/13 – Bern, CH @ TBA
6/14 – Paris, FR @ La Mécanique Ondulatoire
6/15 – Lille, FR @ TBA
6/16 – Nottingham, UK @ Stuck on a Name Studios
6/17 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
6/18 – Glasgow, UK @ Hug & Pint
6/19 – Manchester, UK @ Gulliver’s
6/20 – Bristol, UK @ The Crofters Rights
6/21 – London, UK @ Corsica Studios
6/22 – Brussels, BE @ Atelier 2010
6/23 – Liege, BE @ La Fête de la Musique
6/24 – Groningen, NL @ Vera MainStage
6/25 – Amsterdam, NL @ OT301

* w/ Gnarwhal