‘Men calling us woke need our show more than most’: punks Piss on finding strength in visceral confrontations of sexual violence

The Vancouver band earned a cult fandom for their uncompromising gigs.

As they ready their brutal debut album, they discuss subverting audience expectations and the nightly toll of excavating trauma onstage You’d be hard pressed to find a band with fewer airs and graces than Piss. First, there’s the unavoidable matter of their name, which they style in all caps, no nonsense; a word that scans as vulgar and combative but also somewhat facetious when displayed on their merch in…