Pile

Between their tireless D.I.Y. work ethic and constantly evolving sound, Boston's Pile earned both a large homegrown following and the respect of their peers. The band evolved on a string of increasingly complex albums released throughout the 2010s, bringing a varied instrumentation to their often-aggressive sound on 2017's A Hairshirt of Purpose. Pile was initially born as the solo project of Boston-based singer/guitarist Rick Maguire. He issued a pair of rough but engaging lo-fi albums (2007's Demonstration and 2009's Jerk Routine) that segued between experimental folk, jagg...