Emerging on the Boston scene in 2007 as the solo project of singer and guitarist Rick Maguire, Pile may be the next big thing to cannonball out of the New England punk scene. With sudden, ferocious outbursts stitched into the eerie, introspective musings of Maguire's songs, it's easy to see how Pile has built so much buzz. The band twists its skittish dynamics without sounding contrived or obnoxious. In a sea of angular guitar melodies and cacophonous mood swings, Pile delves into anxiety, frustration, and unabashed fury on its new album, You're Better Than This. The songs are fluid, moving from blunt-force trauma, to brooding, bloodletting contemplations, and back to earth-shredding chaos with the yank of a chainsaw starter.
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