PISS – “blocking a scene you can’t remember”
Two noise rock bands with distinctly urine-related names now sharing the same label is the kind of joyful absurdity that makes the music industry genuinely entertaining. Sub Pop has clearly got a wicked sense of humour, and the fact that Pissed Jeans and PISS sound completely different from one another means they're carving out their own sonic territories rather than treading on each other's toes. For Cledvibes Radio listeners who love discovering heavy, experimental guitar music, this is just further proof that there's brilliant noise rock happening on both sides of the Atlantic. Sometimes the best label rosters are the ones that feel a bit chaotic on paper but make perfect sense once you actually listen.
From Stereogum: Right now, the roster at Sub Pop Records includes the Philadelphia noise-rock band Pissed Jeans and the Vancouver noise-rock band PISS. That's synergy, baby! We need to get them together for a Monsters Of Piss tour. Despite their shared record label and their similar urine-based band names, nobody is going to confuse Pissed Jeans with PISS because they sound nothing like each other. In fact, the n…