PISS – blocking a scene you can’t remember
Today, noisy, genre-bending band PISS has shared an official video for “blocking a scene you can’t remember,” one of the standout tracks from their debut effort, you made me / skin on linen, which will be available on October 30th on LP/CD/CS/DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop and in Canada from Paper Bag Records.
“blocking a scene you can’t remember” is a devastating, climactic slow-core song about sexual abuse and its lasting impacts. The lyrics take the form of a monologue read by a girl in her room, rehearsing a long-overdue confrontation with a man from her past. This official video was co-directed by PISS frontperson Tay Zantingh & Nushi Sharma.
PISS is Taylor Zantingh (vocals), Tyler Paterson (guitar), Gavin Moya (bass), and Garreth Roberts (drums). The band recorded their debut album, you made me / skin on linen, in January 2025 with Colin Stewart at Hive Creative Labs. The album is forthcoming on October 30, 2026, via Paper Bag Records (Canada) and Sub Pop Records (worldwide).
The Vancouver, B.C., four-piece combines punk, poetry, sound collage, performance art, and visual art, creating a multidisciplinary body of work that blurs the line between the personal and the political. you made me / skin on linen depicts a childhood shaped by structural, systemic, and intimate violence. Throughout the record, art-making motifs serve as metaphors for the myriad ways we carry the effects of this violence: each experience leaves an impression, gradually creating or deforming the self, much like a piece of clay molded by every mark it receives. The record resists simple conclusions; rather than offering a single perspective, it examines violence as a ubiquitous facet of our culture. It asks questions—how does violence impact our development? Are our wounds inextricable parts of us? And if not, then where do our wounds end and we begin?—and allows the listener to devise their own answers.
PISS will embark on a 12-date run in direct support of Dublin post-punk group Gilla Band, with additional performances at European festivals, including Pitchfork Paris in Paris, France; Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavik, Iceland; Sonic City in Kortrijk, Belgium; and more.
Wed. Oct. 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts*
Thu. Oct. 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere – The Hall*
Sat. Oct. 17 – Allston, MA – Brighton Music Hall*
Tue. Oct. 20 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace*
Wed. Oct. 21 – Detroit, MI – Third Man Records – Cass Corridor*
Thu. Oct. 22 – Chicago, IL – The Bottom Lounge*
Sat. Oct. 24 – Saint Paul, MN – Turf Club*
Tue. Oct. 27- Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater*
Wed. Oct. 28 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court*
Fri. Oct. 30 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios*
Sat. Oct. 31 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl on Granville*
Sun. Nov. 01 – Seattle, WA – Neumos*
Thu. Nov. 05 – Reykjavik, IS – Iceland Airwaves
Sat. Nov. 07 – Paris, FR – Pitchfork Paris
Sun. Nov. 08 – Kortrijk, BE – Sonic City
Tue. Nov. 10 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso (Small Hall)
Wed. Nov. 11 – Nijmegen, NL – Merleyn
Sat. Nov. 14 – London, UK – Moth Club
* Supporting Gilla Band
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