Ciśnienie

What’s their sound? As loud as possible. That’s why some have called them “Poland’s Swans.” But Katowice’s Ciśnienie are much too expansive to be pigeonholed into a genre or compared to a single band. They formed shortly after the Wrekmeister Harmonies show at the OFF Festival in 2017, when founders Maciej Klich and Michał Paduch resolved to make noise on their own terms. Critics have since hailed them as a world-class act that performs with flair worthy of the most radical jazz artists. Indeed, their instruments are those of a jazz band, but they sound as if the members of Swans, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Neurosis teamed up one one stage. To hear it for yourself, check out any one of Ciśnienie’s numerous releases, but you have to experience it first-hand, live, at the OFF Festival in August.