PREMIERE: "Piss Boy" By Discus
Artwork by Clare Byrne and Jake Stolz
Ahead of the release of their debut album Something Has Happened on September 20th, Chicago’s Discus is premiering their third single, “Piss Boy,” below. Brothers Paul and Jake Stolz (Varsity and Pool Holograph) make up one half of Discus alongside Kevin Fairbairn and Arthur Velez, and the new song pays homage to the Stolz family dog, Boudreaux. The single plays on a sense of nostalgia, which corresponds to the sentimental theme that threads through the album as a whole.
Take your first listen of “Piss Boy” below before its wide release tomorrow, and get ready for Something Has Happened by reading Wyatt Grant of Pool Holograph’s poem about the album:
how could I tell you?
a hiss in white caps of residential roofs in winter
having to return in the afternoon
the world came knocking
and strange wheels keep turning
a certain distance
an unknown and unfair science
never could get the timing right
an appeal from the pillar of steam rising
An unlikely design
that keeps you focused on the shape of text
rather than the contents
A train on new years eve
in which everyone is in their heads
A funny portrait of collected features
that watches the clock
A note on the wall that has since
fallen under the bed
as a pit in the terrain
the same as
the spring that was once a river
did not want to rush anymore