Plié

Plié is a no-wave noise rock band, stubbornly pushing the envelope of Lithuanian experimental music overseas. It is a band of six musicians of entirely different backgrounds, ranging from black metal to contemporary avant-garde. Playing confrontational music while disregarding logical dissonances of costumed concertmaster and a muscular curb-stomper performing alongside each other, Plié knows exactly what they're doing in their enigmatic, farcically arrogant world of self-imposed runways.

The band managed to take aback alternative music geeks locally with a bold debut album Never Took Place (2021), hyped up their name at ESNS'24, Europavox'24, MENT Ljubljana'23, Tallinn Music Week'22, and main alternative festivals in the region, as well as warmed-up kindred Xiu Xiu in their Vilnius' show, and just released their 2nd studio album We Know Exactly What We're Doing, followed by a European tour in November'24.

VISIONS magazine | Jonas Silbermann-Schön: 'The musical setting could be juxtaposed with the crudest pictures from Hieronymus Bosch or something in between Ditz, Black Midi, and Swans. Plié doesn't aim to please, but that's precisely what makes them so interesting.'

Under the Radar Magazine | James Thornhill: '<...> they had a daliance with genre rules, mashing in industrial, electronic, post-rock and avant garde influences into their relentless onslaught. <...> Plié is a band that needs to be seen live to get what they’re about.'

Photos by Paulius Žižliauskas