THE NEW FLESH INDEX: 🩸 Artists That Defined My Week #38 Sept 11th – Sep 17th, 2026

 🎧 This week felt like a genuine three-way contest. Warforged, Chat Pile and Miscreance all spent time at the front of the pack, while a healthy spread of artists, albums and tracks kept things moving throughout the week. Although total listening dipped from the Mastodon-heavy #37, the variety remained high and the listening felt far more evenly distributed.

 

 

⚔️ Weekly Breakdown

📊 541 plays (-26.4%)
🔱 14 artists (+16.7%)
💿 23 albums (-4.2%) (not full run-throughs)
🎧 150 tracks (-13.3%)
⏱ 44 hrs (-22.8%)
📈 77 plays/day (-26.7%)
🔥 Peak: Sep 16 — 127 plays (-17.0%)

 

 

🔱 Top Artists

🔱 Warforged — 160 plays
🔱 Chat Pile — 160 plays
🔱 Miscreance — 114 plays

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💿 Top Albums

💿 Chat Pile — “Who Loves the Sun” (80 plays)
💿 Miscreance — “Convergence” (61 plays)
💿 Warforged — “The Grove Almanac” (58 plays)

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🎧 Top Tracks

🎧 Chat Pile — Creature (11 plays)
🎧 Chat Pile — October All the Time (10 plays)
🎧 Chat Pile — Deep Blue (9 plays)

 

 

🎵 Top 30 Tracks Playlist

🎧 What's taken over your listening this week?

✅ Final verdict:

 

• Much more balanced than the Mastodon-heavy #37
• Warforged and Chat Pile finished dead level on plays
• Miscreance remained a major presence throughout the week
• Artist and album variety stayed high
• Chat Pile claimed the top album and all three top track positions
• A week driven by exploration rather than a single-artist obsession

⚔️ #38 feels like a genuinely competitive week, with Warforged, Chat Pile and Miscreance all vying for attention, but Chat Pile ultimately providing the defining soundtrack.

 

Band info: Chat Pile | Warforged | Miscreance