Vancouver-based band Piss has gained attention for its unflinching approach to music and performance. Known for their provocative name and emotionally charged live shows, the band focuses on singer Taylor Zantingh’s personal experiences with sexual violence. Piss includes drummer Garreth Roberts, bassist Gavin Moya, and guitarist Tyler Paterson, and their performances blend hardcore music, spoken word poetry, sound collages, and performance art. Before their set at Eindhoven’s Hit the City festival in late August, the band issued a trigger warning to the audience, acknowledging the potentially distressing nature of their content. Their music incorporates audio clips of children laughing, feminist writer Andrea Dworkin discussing pornography, and Zantingh’s vocal delivery, which ranges from soft spoken-word to intense, almost mechanical screams. The band’s live shows are described as a raw, unfiltered narrative of gender-based violence, presented as lived experience rather than entertainment. Piss has released limited music, including a four-track demo on Bandcamp, professionally recorded live sets, and appearances on YouTube. Their reputation has largely been built through live performances, which led to a record deal with Sub Pop for their debut album, You Made Me / Skin on Linen, set for release on 30 October. The album was recorded in a few days during the winter of 2024 and aims to capture the intensity of their live shows. The sound combines the DIY ethos of bands like Bikini Kill and Fugazi with the powerful, often dissonant sonic style of groups like Chat Pile or Swans. Guitarist Tyler Paterson describes his role as scoring a film, emphasizing the narrative Zantingh creates through her lyrics and vocal delivery. Zantingh explains that the band uses music and other voices to address topics that are too "monstrous" to be described in words alone. Their work includes voices from activists, philosophers, militants, psychoanalysts, and transgressive literary figures, such as French philosopher Manon Garcia discussing the trial of Gisèle Pelicot. Zantingh notes that the band’s music is intentionally uncomfortable, and Paterson enjoys using the word "gross" to describe their twisted instrumentals. All lyrics and samples in their videos are subtitled for accessibility, ensuring that the content remains accessible to a wider audience. Zantingh recalls that some men laughed at the band’s name before a performance, and she remembers two older men leaving after the trigger warning. She acknowledges that the people she most wants to reach may not be the ones she can influence the most. As the band prepares for the release of their debut album through Sub Pop, Zantingh reflects on the sustainability of their approach. She admits that one reason for delaying the album was uncertainty about how long she can physically and emotionally continue the work. She describes the foundation of Piss as built on her own suffering, emphasizing that the band cannot exist in its current form without that deeply personal element.