In the Earth Again by Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo

For fans of Old Saw, More Eaze, Weirs, sludge metal, and the anti-institutional spirit at the core of the American psyche, In the Earth Again by Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo breaks the budding niche of ambient americana into a new level of success. Sparse lyrics level direct threats at a soulless ruling class, backed by instrumentals that find common ground between traditional folk, electric blues, and extreme metal, a feat which makes more sense when you consider the origin of all of these genres in the lower Mississippi River region. While carrying out this barrage against the oligarchs, however, the speaker stutters a bit as they consider the implications of iconoclasm, juggling their own propensity towards spirituality with their understanding of organized religion as a tool for mental domination. By returning to such traditional sounds, we uncover the solution from deep within our cultural id, a force which aggressively swings at all structures of organized power while clinging to the communities which created blues, country, jazz, rock, hip hop, punk, and house.