Sub Pop Records now has two bands in its roster named after bodily fluids. There is Pissed Jeans, the Philadelphia noise-rock group. And there is PISS, the Vancouver noise-rock band. Nobody is going to confuse the two.
The contrast is pure synergy, baby. It’s the kind of roster that makes you smile just reading it. But the music itself tells a different story entirely. PISS’s new track, “blocking a scene you can’t remember,” deals with something far heavier than its name suggests.
Label Roster
| Band | Hometown | Sound |
|---|---|---|
| Pissed Jeans | Philadelphia | Noise rock |
| PISS | Vancouver | Noise rock |
The two groups share a label and a nickname for bodily fluids, but they sound nothing alike. PISS’s new song doesn’t even sound like its own last song.
The New Track
PISS will release their full-length debut, you made me / skin on linen, this month. They have already put out the furious lead single “time loop at hot slit.” Now comes the heavy, meditative new track “blocking a scene you can’t remember.”
Over escalating slowcore guitars, bandleader Taylor Zantingh delivers a spoken-word freakout monologue about the lingering effects of sexual abuse. The video was co-directed by Zantingh and Nushi Sharma.
The track is a bruising, powerful spoken-word freakout. It’s a heavy piece of work, and it lands with real force.
What It Means
The song is a spoken-word freakout about the lingering effects of sexual abuse. That’s a serious subject for a band whose name is mostly jokes.
The contrast between the label’s two bands and the track’s subject matter is genuinely delightful. It’s a band named after bodily fluids making music about something far darker than urine ever could be.
The track follows the furious lead single “time loop at hot slit.” The guitars escalate while Zantingh reads about lasting harm.
Release Timeline
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Full-length debut you made me / skin on linen released | 10/30 |
| “time loop at hot slit” released | Lead single |
| “blocking a scene you can’t remember” released | Follows lead single |
The album is due out 10/30 on Sub Pop and Paper Bag. The lead single has already done its job. This second track shows a different side of the band.
See the video the story is built around at Stereogum.
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