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ALBUM REVIEW: Chat Pile – Who Loves the Sun

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In many ways, Chat Pile’s new album Who Loves the Sun (The Flenser) ironically feels like their Sunbather (Deafheaven). The album will elevate them to a new level as artists not made for radio airplay. You might even think these guys are going to take Noise-Rock to the mainstream. Still, it has pivoted from the hard and fast definition of that genre as a grim post-Grunge sonic effigy of society’s collapse, to one that these songs blame apathy for being the chief motivator. Maybe there is some truth to that theory, but to be honest, I don’t care.    Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Chelsea Wolfe – The Dark

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Since we are still pretending Mistake in Parting did not happen, The Dark (Loma Vista Recordings) is Chelsea Wolfe’s ninth “official” studio album. Here is where she steps into the big time, so to speak. It only makes sense, as artists she influenced like Ethel Cain are currently playing the fabulous Ms. Wolfe, so it is her time to step out from behind the ghostly veil of reverb and prove who she is by singing out with a more stripped, organic production for the soulful “Cold” that opens the album.  Continue reading →


EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE: Stream Point Line Plane’s Long Out of Print Self-Titled Debut Album Ahead of its Release via SKiN GRAFT Records

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In Hollywood, that call from Martin Scorsese has been proven enough to get spotlight-shy treasures like Joe Pesci back in the game (well, maybe more than one call). Meanwhile, in the noisiest, most experimental, abrasive realms of the musical underground, Mark Fischer at SKiN GRAFT Records seems to have the knack. With Post-Hardcore trailblazers Dazzling Killmen having last year reconvened to hit the road once more, coinciding with a SKiN GRAFT reissue of the band’s debut record, Portland, Oregon’s Point Line Plane are now following suit. 

Clearly, duo Joshua Blanchard and Nathan Carson (Witch Mountain) got the memo. Originally co-released on Xeroid Records and Sincere Brutality, Point Line Plane’s eponymous 2003 debut was a CD-only release. Tomorrow, on May 29th, 2026, SKiN GRAFT will release a remastered version of the album on vinyl and streaming—both for the first time. One day ahead of the official release, Ghost Cult is delighted to be able to share the album in full right here in an exclusive full-album stream. 

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