Sister Polygon Records Explained

Sister Polygon Records
Genre:Punk, post punk, indie rock
Country:U.S.
Location:Washington, D.C.

Sister Polygon Records was an independent record label run by the band Priests. The label was based in Washington, DC, and released music by Priests, Downtown Boys, Pinkwash, Knife Wife, and Shady Hawkins.

History

Priests created the label in 2012[1] in order to release their first single, the "Radiation/Personal Planes" 7-inch.[2] The second release was a cassette of the New York feminist punk band Shady Hawkins' 2013 album Dead To Me.

The members of Priests ran the label out of their houses and apartments.[3]

The label was interested in offering a platform to artists who might not have another way to get their music out. In an interview with the Washington City Paper, Daniele Daniele said: "We're interested in finding people who are underrepresented or weren't signed, making something weird enough where there might not be a normal outlet for it."

The label went on hiatus, which was announced by Priests on Twitter in 2019.[4] The final album from the label released on September 25th, 2020.[5]

Roster

Sister Polygon has released music by Priests, Neonates, Shady Hawkins, Carni Klirs, Dudes, Downtown Boys, Pinkwash, Sneaks, Gauche, Hothead, Snail Mail, and Post Pink.

Discography

Catalog #ArtistTitleFormatYearNotes
SPR-001Priests"Radiation" b/w "Personal Planes"7-inch2012
SPR-002Shady HawkinsDead to Mecassette2013[6]
SPR-003Carni Klirs Drift + Fadecassette2013[7]
SPR-004PriestsTape Twocassette2013Recorded and mixed by Kevin Erickson at Swim Two Birds
SPR-005NeonatesSelf-Titledcassette
SPR-006Downtown BoysSelf-Titled7"2014
SPR-007DudesGreatest Hitscassette2013
SPR-008SneaksSelf-Titledcassette2014[8]
SPR-009PinkwashYour Cure Your Soil EPcassette2014
SPR-010PinkwashCancer Money b/w Skin7"Produced/engineered by Kyle "Slick" Johnson and Al Creedon at Fancy Time Studios
SPR-011PriestsBodies and Control and Money and Power12" EPSplit with Don Giovanni Records
SPR-012GaucheGet Away With Gauchecassette2015
SPR-013HotheadS/Tcassette2016
SPR-014FlasherSelf-Titledcassette2016Originally released on cassette in April 2016. Reissued on 12" vinyl 11/18/16.
SPR-015Post PinkI Believe You, OKcassette2016
SPR-016CigaretteWarm Shadows b/w Love's Mirror7"2016Recorded by Kevin Erickson at Swim Two Birds
SPR-017Snail MailHabit EPcassette / 12" EP2016
SPR-018Pearie SolSelf-Titledcassette2016
SPR-019GovernessSelf-Titledcassette2016
SPR-020KAGEP Acassette2016
SPR-021PriestsNothing Feels Natural12" LP2017
SPR-022Coup Sauvage and the SnipsHeirs to Nothingcassette2017
SPR-023Hand Grenade JobDevotionalscassette2017Recorded by Kyle Gilbride
SPR-025Blood ClubA Wood With Knotscassette2017
SPR-026GovernessZerocassette / CD2018Recorded and mixed by Jason Barnett
SPR-027The FunsAlienated12" LP2018Recorded by Dave Vettriano at Rose Raft
SPR-028Ultra BeautyS/Tcassette2018
SPR-029PriestsSUCK (extended mix & remixes)CD2018
SPR-030FlorryBrown Bunnycassette2018
SPR-031PriestsThe Seduction of KansasCD20194/5/2019 release date
SPR-032Olivia Neutron-JohnSelf-Titled12" EP / CD2019
SPR-033Too FreeLove in High Demand12" LP2019
SPR-034Knife WifeFamily Partycassette / CD2019
SPR-036ZiembaTrue Romantic12" LP2020

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: High-Functioning Punk: Sister Polygon Records is More Than Just an Indie Farm Team.. Washington City Paper. 2016-03-05.
  2. Web site: Priests' Katie Alice Greer talks pop, politics, and why D.C. and everywhere else kind of sucks. Paper. Baltimore City. citypaper.com. 2016-03-05.
  3. Web site: Sister Polygon Records Features Impose Magazine. www.imposemagazine.com. 2016-03-05.
  4. Web site: 12 December 2019 . P R I E S T S (@PRIESTS_TWEET) on X .
  5. Web site: Ziemba- True Romantic on Discogs . .
  6. Web site: Shady Hawkins - Dead to Me (SPR002). Dischord Records. 2017-03-26.
  7. Web site: Dischord Records: search the site. Dischord Records. 2017-03-26.
  8. Web site: Sneaks (4) - Sneaks. Discogs. en. 2017-03-26.