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Saddest Factory Records
Saddest Factory Records is an American record label that was founded on October 5, 2020, by Phoebe Bridgers. The label operates as an imprint of Dead Oceans and artists that have been signed to the label include Sloppy Jane, MUNA, Claud, and Charlie Hickey. History After releasing her second album, Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers founded Saddest Factory Records on October 5, 2020. The label's name, "Saddest Factory", was first coined on twitter by Phoebe Bridgers' former bandmate, Haley Dahl of Sloppy Jane. The name comes from a mispronunciation of the word "satisfactory". The label was founded as an imprint of Dead Oceans, and the first artist to be signed to the label was Claud. On May 19, 2021, MUNA became the second artist to be signed to the label. Charlie Hickey was the third artist to be signed to the label, with a remake of "Seeing Things", featuring MUNA, being released in celebration. Roster Current artists *Charlie Hickey * Claud *Muna *Sloppy Jane Former artists *S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Lucille Bridgers (born August 17, 1994) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She has released two solo albums, '' Stranger in the Alps'' (2017) and '' Punisher'' (2020), both of which received critical acclaim. She is also a member of Boygenius, with whom she has released one self-titled EP, and Better Oblivion Community Center, with whom she has released one self-titled album. She has received four Grammy Award nominations, including Best New Artist. Early life Phoebe Lucille Bridgers was born in Pasadena, California, on August 17, 1994. Her mother, Jamie, held various jobs such as a receptionist and executive assistant, while her father was a film and television set builder. She has a younger brother named Jackson. Her parents divorced when she was 19 years old. She was raised in Pasadena, but also spent some of her childhood in Ukiah, California. As a child, she made extra money by busking at the Pasadena Farmers Market, and start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imprint Label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos, while also conducting talent scouting and development of new artists, and maintaining contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label", derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer's name, along with other information. Within the mainstream music industry, recording artists have traditionally been reliant upon record labels to broaden their consumer base, market their albums, and promote their singles on streaming services, radio, and television. Record labels also provide publicists, who assist performers in gaining posit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Oceans
Dead Oceans is an American independent record label formed in 2007 and based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Dead Oceans is part of Secretly Group, which also includes labels Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar and a music publisher, Secretly Publishing, that publishes artists, writers, filmmakers, producers, and comedians. History Phil Waldorf, a Virginia native with a teenage love of skateboarding and punk rock seven-inch records, attended college in Athens, Georgia, where he was music director for the college radio station, WUOG. In Athens, Waldorf came to know future indie bands Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control in their formative years, going to early house shows before both bands rose to underground fame. In 1998, Waldorf moved to New York City when he was hired by Other Music, a record store. He also began managing an indie label, Misra Records. Waldorf became friends wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloppy Jane
Sloppy Jane is an American chamber pop / rock music band fronted by Haley Dahl based in Brooklyn, New York. The band released their breakthrough second studio album ''Madison'' in 2021, through Saddest Factory Records, an imprint owned by their former bassist Phoebe Bridgers. Dahl is known for her eccentric performance art style which used to include nudity. Career Early Career (2009-2015) Haley Dahl was born in 1995 in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. It was in the latter city that she formed Sloppy Jane at the age of fifteen, performing up and down the Sunset Strip. As an experiment she wore one suit for an entire year without washing it, vowing to wear it until it "rots off her body" and now intends to eat it. In 2014, Sloppy Jane released two demos ''Totally Limbless'' and ''Burger Radio'' with the line-up of Haley Dahl on lead vocals and guitar, Phoebe Bridgers on bass and background vocals, and Imogen Teasley-Vlautin on drums. They released their debut extended p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MUNA
Muna may refer to: Places *Muna (Mikulovice), a World War II POW camp and ammunition factory in the Czech Republic *Muna, Estonia, village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, Estonia *Muna, Iran, village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Muna, Nepal, village development committee, Myagdi District, Nepal *Muna, Saudi Arabia, neighborhood of Mecca in Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia *Muna, Yucatán, town in Yucatán, Mexico *Muna (Umba), river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, tributary of the Umba * Muna (Lena) river in Yakutia, Russia, tributary of the Lena *Muna Island, an island in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia **Muna Regency, a regency in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia; covers part of the island of Muna and part of neighbouring Buton Island ** West Muna Regency, a separate regency in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia; cut out of Muna Regency in 2014 People * Muna people, Indonesia *Muna (name), a given name * Muna AbuSulayman (born 1973), Arab and Muslim media personality * Muna Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud (singer)
Claud Mintz, known professionally as Claud, is an American bedroom pop singer-songwriter from the suburbs of Chicago. Claud is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. They are known for some of their songs "Soft Spot" and "Wish You Were Gay". History Claud began releasing music under the pseudonym Toast, releasing an EP in 2018. In 2019, they dropped out of college at Syracuse University to pursue music full-time. Claud released an EP called ''Sideline Star'' on October 25, 2019. In 2020, Claud formed a new band with Clairo, Josh Mehling, and Noa Frances Getzug, called Shelly. The group released two songs on October 30, 2020, titled "Steeeam" and "Natural". That same year, Claud became the first artist to sign on with Phoebe Bridgers' record label Saddest Factory Records. Claud's debut album, ''Super Monster'', was released on February 12, 2021. In October 2021 Claud played with Bleachers at their Austin City Limits show. Their single "Soft Spot" was included on Vogue Vogue may r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Hickey (musician)
Charlie Hickey (born September 28, 1999) is an American indie rock musician from Pasadena, California. Hickey is currently signed to Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory Records. Biography Early life and musical beginnings Charlie Dworsky-Hickey was born in Pasadena, California, on September 28, 1999. He is the son of American singer-songwriter and playback singer Sally Dworsky and songwriter Chris Hickey. He began collaborating with musician Phoebe Bridgers after posting a cover of her song "Radar" on YouTube in 2013, when he was thirteen. Hickey released his first EP age fourteen and began to take music more seriously after moving to college, which he attended for only one year. He lists Nirvana, Incubus, Conor Oberst, and Elliott Smith as his early influences. His first EP, titled ''Odds'', released through SoundCloud in April 2014, featured Bridgers as a collaborator. 2020–2021: ''Count the Stairs'' In October 2020, Hickey released the single "No Good at Lying", again fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punisher (album)
''Punisher'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, released on June 18, 2020 by Dead Oceans. Bridgers first established herself with her 2017 debut, '' Stranger in the Alps'', a widely acclaimed indie rock effort. In the years preceding her second album, the California native formed the bands boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center. On ''Punisher'', Bridgers' songwriting is somber and sardonic; deeply personal in nature, it explores topics like dissociation and fragmenting relationships. ''Punisher'' was recorded over a year and a half at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and reunited Bridgers with producers Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska, who also engineered ''Alps''. Its recording process was collaborative with its liner notes crediting over two dozen prominent musicians, including Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Christian Lee Hutson, Jim Keltner, Blake Mills, and Conor Oberst. ''Punisher'' was supported by five singles "Garden Song", "Ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud (singer)
Claud Mintz, known professionally as Claud, is an American bedroom pop singer-songwriter from the suburbs of Chicago. Claud is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. They are known for some of their songs "Soft Spot" and "Wish You Were Gay". History Claud began releasing music under the pseudonym Toast, releasing an EP in 2018. In 2019, they dropped out of college at Syracuse University to pursue music full-time. Claud released an EP called ''Sideline Star'' on October 25, 2019. In 2020, Claud formed a new band with Clairo, Josh Mehling, and Noa Frances Getzug, called Shelly. The group released two songs on October 30, 2020, titled "Steeeam" and "Natural". That same year, Claud became the first artist to sign on with Phoebe Bridgers' record label Saddest Factory Records. Claud's debut album, ''Super Monster'', was released on February 12, 2021. In October 2021 Claud played with Bleachers at their Austin City Limits show. Their single "Soft Spot" was included on Vogue Vogue may r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Hickey (musician)
Charlie Hickey (born September 28, 1999) is an American indie rock musician from Pasadena, California. Hickey is currently signed to Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory Records. Biography Early life and musical beginnings Charlie Dworsky-Hickey was born in Pasadena, California, on September 28, 1999. He is the son of American singer-songwriter and playback singer Sally Dworsky and songwriter Chris Hickey. He began collaborating with musician Phoebe Bridgers after posting a cover of her song "Radar" on YouTube in 2013, when he was thirteen. Hickey released his first EP age fourteen and began to take music more seriously after moving to college, which he attended for only one year. He lists Nirvana, Incubus, Conor Oberst, and Elliott Smith as his early influences. His first EP, titled ''Odds'', released through SoundCloud in April 2014, featured Bridgers as a collaborator. 2020–2021: ''Count the Stairs'' In October 2020, Hickey released the single "No Good at Lying", again fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muna (band)
Muna (stylized as MUNA) ( ) is an American indie pop band consisting of Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson. They released two studio albums with RCA Records, '' About U'' (2017) and ''Saves the World'' (2019), before signing with independent label Saddest Factory Records, which released their third studio album, ''Muna'', in June 2022. Career 2013–2019: Career beginnings, ''About U'' and ''Saves the World'' Based in Los Angeles, the trio met in college at the University of Southern California and began working together in 2013 with Maskin and McPherson playing together on guitars and Gavin adding synth bass and vocals. Gavin had introduced McPherson to Maskin. Gavin and Maskin were music majors, while McPherson double-majored in narrative studies and American studies & ethnicity. The two guitarists, Maskin and McPherson, had been used to playing ska and progressive rock, but settled on a different sound when their initial collaboration with singer Gavin re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison (album)
''Madison'' is the second studio by American band Sloppy Jane. It was released on November 5, 2021 by Saddest Factory and Dead Oceans. The album features a 21-piece orchestra recorded 200 feet below the earth in Lost World Caverns. It was preceded by two singles, "Party Anthem" and "Jesus and Your Living Room Floor". ''Madison'' was listed as the 44th best album of 2021 by ''Gorilla vs. Bear''. Background Haley Dahl first conceived of the album in 2017 and it took her two years touring over thirty caves to find the right acoustics for the project. It is a concept album revolving around "exploring fantasy relationships" Recorded in Lost World Caverns in West Virginia, the album was originally intended to be recorded on the Great Stalacpipe Organ, but Dahl could not receive permission to use it, so she recorded in a different cave. While the performers played in the cave, engineer Ryan Howe had to record the album in a car 90 feet above, since the humidity of the cavern would ruin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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