Pile Announce New Album ‘Sunshine and Balance Beams’, Share New Song

Pile have announced a new album, Sunshine and Balance Beams, which is due out August 15 via Sooper. It will follow 2023’s All Fiction and the 2024 EP Hot Balloon. The stirring, climactic lead single ‘Born at Night’ arrives today alongside a Josh Echevarria-directed video. Check it out and find the album cover and tracklist below.

Pile worked with engineer Miranda Serra (Kal Marks, Kira McSpice), mixer Seth Manchester (Model/Actriz, The Hotelier, Big Brave), and mastering engineer Matt Colton (James Blake, Depeche Mode, Band Bear) on the new LP. “The fulfilment I receive from pursuing art has been a guiding force for me,” frontman Rick Maguire reflected. “But it can be damaging when that pursuit subscribes to material expectations of where you might be able to go, and then doesn’t square with the reality that follows.”