Sub Pop Records
Founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in 1988, Sub Pop Records is a medium-sized independent record label based in Seattle, WA. Sub Pop Records employs somewhere between 45 and 50 people, most of whom work in our World Headquarters in Seattle. It is our intent to market and sell the recorded music (and related merchandise) of artists whose music some shifting definition of “we” really and truly love. We mean to represent these artists as faithfully and diligently as possible and hold out hope that this is enough for us to remain solvent in the face of the well-documented collapse of the music industry at large. We also enjoy laughter, good times and the company of friends.www.subpop.com
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Sep 14, 2026
Justin HensleyHOST
So we will kick things off with Sweeping Promises, Rapture Or.
Justin HensleyHOST
They are a Lawrence, Kansas band, and this is off their brand new record, You Say I Romanticize, on Sub Pop Records.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[rock music] And on the night before the rapture I know that I'll be sound asleep Whatever comes to it, your turn I might be blissed out in belief Sometimes I think I'll never get there There's no room for doubt and reason say I know I'm doing it right I know that I'll be bathed in light I keep a steady gaze and concentrate All the years I've waited All those voices saying You're going home tomorrow Say you're going home tomorrow But I can't wait for tomorrow Years spent waiting All those voices saying Patient I know to follow And you'll be the one to follow So I've been waiting for it And I'll do whatever I can to help me get there 'Cause that silent hand will help me get there I know I've been doing it right I know I've been doing it yeah All this waiting Got stuck, kept awaiting I see the signs in all our minds The sky's coming down and I don't wanna stay Here another day So let me be the one to follow Say you're going home You're going home You're going home tomorrow Wish I can't wait for tomorrow
Justin HensleyHOST
That's how I escape my certain fate.
Rachel BolanGUEST
I like it." I go, and I'm listening to it, I go, "What label is this?" He goes, "Geffen, why?" And I go, "We're fu-..." I said, "We're out of business." I go, "We, we-"
speaker_0HOST
Right, 'cause Sub Pop would've been manageable at the time.
Rachel BolanGUEST
Exactly.
Rachel BolanGUEST
I go, "We- we're...
speaker_3HOST
Exactly, and let's not forget about the marketing aspect.
speaker_3HOST
Releasing an album under Sub Pop is a big deal.
speaker_3HOST
They must be aiming for wider exposure.
speaker_2HOST
For sure, being on a label like Sub Pop has its perks, but does it also come with restrictions, like do they lose some creative control?
speaker_3HOST
That's a key concern.
speaker_3HOST
Sometimes labels push for a certain sound or style.
Scott HudsonHOST
It's from their second album, which is called You Say I Romanticize.
Scott HudsonHOST
It's on Sub Pop Records.
Scott HudsonHOST
It just came out August 14th, and it was recorded over an 18-month period.
Scott HudsonHOST
Largely prepared and periodically interrupted by Caulfield Schnug's non-Sweepy Promises production work.
Greg KotHOST
Remember them? Oh, yeah.
Greg KotHOST
They were on Alternative Tentacles and Sub Pop signed them.
Greg KotHOST
I think they put out like four albums early 2000s.
Greg KotHOST
And then Ethan Miller went off and did a couple of Odyssey Cult albums in 2017, Volume 1 and Volume 2 originally titled.
Greg KotHOST
Remember them? Oh, yeah.
Greg KotHOST
They were on Alternative Tentacles and Sub Pop signed them.
Greg KotHOST
I think they put out like four albums early 2000s.
Greg KotHOST
And then Ethan Miller went off and did a couple of Odyssey Cult albums in 2017, Volume 1 and Volume 2 originally titled.
speaker_2HOST
Right, it's like they're on a creative roll.
speaker_2HOST
This album is coming out on November 6 via Sub Pop which is a big deal for them.
speaker_1HOST
Sub Pop, wow.
speaker_1HOST
That's a well-known label.
speaker_1HOST
It really shows they're breaking into the big leagues now.
Chris SlusarenkoHOST
Then I go from playing bass, and I get a guitar for the first time, and I start singing.
Chris SlusarenkoHOST
Six months into the band's, you know, start, we're on Sub Pop because they walk into an empty bar.
Chris SlusarenkoHOST
Jonathan Poneman sees us and says, hey, do you want to record with us? And I'm like, I've never done this.
Chris SlusarenkoHOST
Yes, I love what you do.
Chris SlusarenkoHOST
We broke up the band, basically, because we didn't want them to make personnel changes.
Chris SlusarenkoHOST
I'm like, we've only been around like a year and a half and you're already trying...
Chris SlusarenkoHOST
A label, Sub Pop, is telling me what to do.
Chris SlusarenkoHOST
I was like, fuck this.
NeilHOST
Pop.
LukeHOST
It's a Sub Pop T-shirt.
NeilHOST
Okay.
NeilHOST
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
NeilHOST
Sub Pop 200.
NeilHOST
There's someone playing guitar on it.
DaveHOST
That's very cool.
Dean BrownroutGUEST
He came and got a job at Caroline Records as a sales guy, moved his way up the ladder, and he became the distributed label manager there, which made him the liaison between the distribution company and the record labels that they were distributing.
Dean BrownroutGUEST
So he was working with Sub Pop.
Dean BrownroutGUEST
He was working with...
Jeff MiersHOST
Was 4AD part of that? I would imagine.
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