Sister Polygon Records

{{Infobox record label

| name = Sister Polygon Records

| image = Sister Polygon Records logo.svg

| image_size = 220

| founded = {{start date|2012}}

| defunct = 2020 (hiatus)

| founder =

| genre = Punk, post punk, indie rock

| country = U.S.

| location = Washington, D.C.

| website = {{URL|sisterpolygonrecords.bigcartel.com}}

}}

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{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2015/06/18/high-functioning-punk-sister-polygon-records-is-more-than-just-an-indie-farm-team/|title=High-Functioning Punk: Sister Polygon Records is More Than Just an Indie Farm Team.|website=Washington City Paper|access-date=2016-03-05}} in order to release their first single, the "Radiation/Personal Planes" 7-inch.{{cite web|url=http://www.citypaper.com/music/bcp-priests-katie-alice-greer-talks-pop-politics-and-why-dc-and-everywhere-else-kind-of-sucks-20150120-story.html|title=Priests' Katie Alice Greer talks pop, politics, and why D.C. and everywhere else kind of sucks|last=Paper|first=Baltimore City|website=citypaper.com|access-date=2016-03-05}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/sister-polygon-records|title=Sister Polygon Records {{!}} Features {{!}} Impose Magazine|website=www.imposemagazine.com|access-date=2016-03-05}}

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.{{Cite web |date=12 December 2019 |title=P R I E S T S (@PRIESTS_TWEET) on X |url=https://twitter.com/PRIESTS_TWEET/status/1205128386068254720 }} The final album from the label released on September 25, 2020.{{Cite web |title=Ziemba- True Romantic on Discogs |website=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/15994629-Ziemba-True-Romantic }}

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

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Catalog # !Artist !Title !Format !Year !Notes
SPR-001 \|Priests \|"Radiation" b/w "Personal Planes" \|7-inch \|2012 \|
SPR-002 \|Shady Hawkins \|Dead to Me \|cassette \|2013{{cite web\|url=http://www.dischord.com/release/SPR002/dead-to-me\|title=Shady Hawkins - Dead to Me (SPR002)\|website=Dischord Records\|access-date=2017-03-26}} \|
SPR-003 \|Carni Klirs \|Drift + Fade \|cassette \|2013{{cite web\|url=http://www.dischord.com/label/sister-polygon\|title=Dischord Records: search the site\|website=Dischord Records\|access-date=2017-03-26}} \|
SPR-004 \|Priests \|Tape Two \|cassette \|2013 \|Recorded and mixed by Kevin Erickson at Swim Two Birds
SPR-005 \|Neonates \|Self-Titled \|cassette \| \|
SPR-006 \|Downtown Boys \|Self-Titled \|7" \|2014 \|
SPR-007 \|Dudes \|Greatest Hits \|cassette \|2013 \|
SPR-008 \|Sneaks \|Self-Titled \|cassette \|2014{{cite web\|url=https://www.discogs.com/Sneaks-Sneaks/release/7363023\|title=Sneaks (4) - Sneaks\|website=Discogs\|language=en\|access-date=2017-03-26}} \|
SPR-009 \|Pinkwash \|Your Cure Your Soil EP \|cassette \|2014 \|
SPR-010 \|Pinkwash \| Cancer Money b/w Skin \|7" \| \|Produced/engineered by Kyle "Slick" Johnson and Al Creedon at Fancy Time Studios
SPR-011 \|Priests \|Bodies and Control and Money and Power \|12" EP \| \|Split with Don Giovanni Records
SPR-012 \|Gauche \|Get Away With Gauche \|cassette \|2015 \|
SPR-013 \|Hothead \|S/T \|cassette \|2016 \|
SPR-014 \|Flasher \|Self-Titled \|cassette \|2016 \|Originally released on cassette in April 2016. Reissued on 12" vinyl 11/18/16.
SPR-015 \|Post Pink \|I Believe You, OK \|cassette \|2016 \|
SPR-016 \|Cigarette \|Warm Shadows b/w Love's Mirror \|7" \|2016 \|Recorded by Kevin Erickson at Swim Two Birds
SPR-017 \|Snail Mail \|Habit EP \|cassette / 12" EP \|2016 \|
SPR-018 \|Pearie Sol \|Self-Titled \|cassette \|2016 \|
SPR-019 \|Governess \|Self-Titled \|cassette \|2016 \|
SPR-020 \|KAG \|EP A \|cassette \|2016 \|
SPR-021 \|Priests \|Nothing Feels Natural \|12" LP \|2017 \|
SPR-022 \|Coup Sauvage and the Snips \|Heirs to Nothing \|cassette \|2017 \|
SPR-023 \|Hand Grenade Job \|Devotionals \|cassette \|2017 \|Recorded by Kyle Gilbride
SPR-025 \|Blood Club \|A Wood With Knots \|cassette \|2017 \|
SPR-026 \|Governess \|Zero \|cassette / CD \|2018 \|Recorded and mixed by Jason Barnett
SPR-027 \|The Funs \|Alienated \|12" LP \|2018 \|Recorded by Dave Vettriano at Rose Raft
SPR-028 \|Ultra Beauty \|S/T \|cassette \|2018 \|
SPR-029 \|Priests \|SUCK (extended mix & remixes) \|CD \|2018 \|
SPR-030 \|Florry \|Brown Bunny \|cassette \|2018 \|
SPR-031 \|Priests \|The Seduction of Kansas \|CD \|2019 \|4/5/2019 release date \|
SPR-032 \|Olivia Neutron-John \|Self-Titled \|12" EP / CD \|2019 \| \|
SPR-033 \|Too Free \|Love in High Demand \|12" LP \|2019 \| \|
SPR-034 \|Knife Wife \|Family Party \|cassette / CD \|2019 \| \|
SPR-036 \|Ziemba \|True Romantic \|12" LP \|2020 \|

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Catalog #

!Artist

!Title

!Format

!Year

!Notes

SPR-001

|Priests

|"Radiation" b/w "Personal Planes"

|7-inch

|2012

SPR-002

|Shady Hawkins

|Dead to Me

|cassette

|2013{{cite web|url=http://www.dischord.com/release/SPR002/dead-to-me|title=Shady Hawkins - Dead to Me (SPR002)|website=Dischord Records|access-date=2017-03-26}}

SPR-003

|Carni Klirs

|Drift + Fade

|cassette

|2013{{cite web|url=http://www.dischord.com/label/sister-polygon|title=Dischord Records: search the site|website=Dischord Records|access-date=2017-03-26}}

SPR-004

|Priests

|Tape Two

|cassette

|2013

|Recorded and mixed by Kevin Erickson at Swim Two Birds

SPR-005

|Neonates

|Self-Titled

|cassette

SPR-006

|Downtown Boys

|Self-Titled

|7"

|2014

SPR-007

|Dudes

|Greatest Hits

|cassette

|2013

SPR-008

|Sneaks

|Self-Titled

|cassette

|2014{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Sneaks-Sneaks/release/7363023|title=Sneaks (4) - Sneaks|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-03-26}}

SPR-009

|Pinkwash

|Your Cure Your Soil EP

|cassette

|2014

SPR-010

|Pinkwash

| Cancer Money b/w Skin

|7"

|Produced/engineered by Kyle "Slick" Johnson and Al Creedon at Fancy Time Studios

SPR-011

|Priests

|Bodies and Control and Money and Power

|12" EP

|Split with Don Giovanni Records

SPR-012

|Gauche

|Get Away With Gauche

|cassette

|2015

SPR-013

|Hothead

|S/T

|cassette

|2016

SPR-014

|Flasher

|Self-Titled

|cassette

|2016

|Originally released on cassette in April 2016. Reissued on 12" vinyl 11/18/16.

SPR-015

|Post Pink

|I Believe You, OK

|cassette

|2016

SPR-016

|Cigarette

|Warm Shadows b/w Love's Mirror

|7"

|2016

|Recorded by Kevin Erickson at Swim Two Birds

SPR-017

|Snail Mail

|Habit EP

|cassette / 12" EP

|2016

SPR-018

|Pearie Sol

|Self-Titled

|cassette

|2016

SPR-019

|Governess

|Self-Titled

|cassette

|2016

SPR-020

|KAG

|EP A

|cassette

|2016

SPR-021

|Priests

|Nothing Feels Natural

|12" LP

|2017

SPR-022

|Coup Sauvage and the Snips

|Heirs to Nothing

|cassette

|2017

SPR-023

|Hand Grenade Job

|Devotionals

|cassette

|2017

|Recorded by Kyle Gilbride

SPR-025

|Blood Club

|A Wood With Knots

|cassette

|2017

SPR-026

|Governess

|Zero

|cassette / CD

|2018

|Recorded and mixed by Jason Barnett

SPR-027

|The Funs

|Alienated

|12" LP

|2018

|Recorded by Dave Vettriano at Rose Raft

SPR-028

|Ultra Beauty

|S/T

|cassette

|2018

SPR-029

|Priests

|SUCK (extended mix & remixes)

|CD

|2018

SPR-030

|Florry

|Brown Bunny

|cassette

|2018

SPR-031

|Priests

|The Seduction of Kansas

|CD

|2019

|4/5/2019 release date

SPR-032

|Olivia Neutron-John

|Self-Titled

|12" EP / CD

|2019

SPR-033

|Too Free

|Love in High Demand

|12" LP

|2019

SPR-034

|Knife Wife

|Family Party

|cassette / CD

|2019

SPR-036

|Ziemba

|True Romantic

|12" LP

|2020

References

External links

[http://sisterpolygonrecords.com/ Official site]
[https://sisterpolygonrecords.bigcartel.com/ Official store site]

Category:American independent record labels