Pile is a three-piece – lead vocalist/guitarist Rick Maguire, drummer Kris Kuss, and Alex Molini on bass/keyboards – original indie rock band from Boston, MA. Alongside the blistering drums and scorched-earth riffs that first galvanized Pile’s fanbase, the band has incorporated elegiac strings, mystifying vocal corrosions, and haunting synths. Maguire—the fastidious composer, evocative guitarist, and potent voice behind the solo-turned-punk project—gives musical body to his interior world in scream-along-able lyrics that skew surreal. Kuss’s time-defying performances, layered over gnarled basslines, have garnered widespread acclaim. Molini’s addition in 2019 helped take Pile’s thunderous noise to more intricate realms. For 15 years, Pile’s evolving take on rock has earned the group one oft-repeated superlative: “your favorite band’s favorite band.” Ceaseless touring has taken its members from Boston’s basement circuit to international festivals, garnering the band’s global appeal.