Suffering Jukebox

This week's show features an interview with Dannii from Precious Rest & Betty White Noise. Precious Rest have just self-released their self-titled demo and (just yesterday) supported the legendary Negative Approach at The Black Box Theatre in Nambour. Find out more about Precious Rest (and purchase their music) here: https://preciousrest.bandcamp.com/album/precious-rest-demo

Nick's Pick of the Week is Piss' You Made Me / Skin On Linen, you can hear it in all the usual places, or purchase it here: https://pisstheband.bandcamp.com/album/you-made-me-skin-on-linen and my review can be read below.

Piss: You Made Me / Skin On Linen (Sub Pop)

Release October 30th 2026

Piss are a (relatively) newly formed four-piece from Vancouver, Canada. Featuring Taylor Zantingh (vocals), Tyler Paterson (guitar), Gavin Moya (bass), and Garreth Roberts (drums), Since forming in 2024, Piss have built a steady reputation for the intensity of their artistry and a penchant for gigging relentlessly. You Made Me / Skin on Linen is Piss’ debut record, released via Sub Pop Records worldwide and Paper Bag Records in their native Canada. The album was recorded with Colin Stewart at his own studio, The Hive Creative Labs, across five days over Christmas 2024; with the majority of the recordings captured live in order to preserve the ferociousness of the group’s live performances.

Clocking in at a mere thirty minutes, You Made Me / Skin On Linen is a brisk listen, although the album’s power means that its message lingers long after the last note has ceased to ring out. Across fifteen tracks that range from thirty seconds to almost seven minutes, Piss incorporates punk and noise with sound collage, spoken word and other sonic elements to create the musical equivalent of an exposed, raw nerve. Zantingh’s lyrics take inspiration from feminist icons in literature, academia and music to tackle issues such as sexual and gender-based violence, patriarchal power structures and control with an unflinching honesty that is as brave as it is confronting.

You Made Me / Skin On Linen is a complete work of art and one that should be consumed as a whole, with the sound collage and spoken word tracks adding context and weight to the musical numbers. I Wanted To Be A Singer, Blocking A Scene You Can’t Remember and I Keep Trying To Change The Ending form an interconnected trilogy, or triptych, that carries the key thematic threads of the record, from beginning to middle and (finally) to conclusion, These songs outline the initial hopefulness, loss of innocence and attempts to repair and rebuild that are central to the album’s key themes. 

A tough listen, to say the least, You Made Me / Skin On Linen is, equally, a crucial listen. It is far too easy to look away, or tune out, from the horrors and injustices of the world. Piss, on the other hand, choose to confront these matters through the lens of art, tackling them head on in a manner that is both discomfiting and awe-inspiring. You Made Me / Skin On Linen is an aural argument for empathy and rage, as opposed to apathy and avoidance —an utterly fearless record that is destined to be considered one of this years’ best.

Nick Stephan