Sidney Gish

Sidney Gish (born March 18, 1997) is an American indie singer-songwriter. She has self-released two albums, Ed Buys Houses and No Dogs Allowed (2017). She performs and records her music solo.

Gish grew up in New Jersey but moved to Boston to study the music industry at Northeastern University. She began releasing music on Bandcamp in 2015. Her first full album, Ed Buys Houses, received local coverage, and she began performing concerts in Boston. Her second album, No Dogs Allowed, became popular on the internet and received positive critical reception, being named Album of the Year at the 2018 Boston Music Awards. She performed in New York City, where she attended an internship, and went on a national tour with Camp Cope and Petal. She opened for Mitski the same year and released a split single with Cavetown in 2019. In 2023, she released the single "Filming School" through the Sub Pop Singles Club, and she supported tours by the Beths and Jeff Rosenstock.

Early and personal life Sidney Gish was born on March 18, 1997, and grew up in a suburb in New Jersey. She was in the college's female a cappella group, Pitch Please, as its beatboxer. She has perfect pitch, which she has said contributes to her melodic composition. She edited the album in GarageBand and designed the cover in Photoshop, and the title came from a sign she saw in her hometown. The album received coverage in local publications, including Allston Pudding and DigBoston. Gish began performing concerts at venues in Boston through 2017. It received a 7.7 rating on Pitchfork

In 2018, Gish began a semester-long internship in the A&R department of Island Records in Manhattan, which involved finding new musicians. The same week, a song by her was featured by Spotify in its "New Music Friday" playlist, She joined the booking agency Agency for the Performing Arts. That December, she covered a song by the Magnetic Fields as part of a tribute album for the band's 69 Love Songs. In March 2019, she performed at South by Southwest and was featured on NPR Music's Austin 100. The same month, she released a cover of Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby" as part of a split single in Cavetown's Animal Kingdom series. She released a music video for "Sin Triangle", a track on No Dogs Allowed, the following May. She and Orla Gartland supported Cavetown's tour in the UK and Ireland later that year. She recorded a duet with Cheekface, titled "Election Day", on its 2022 album Too Much to Ask.

In February 2023, Gish released two new songs, "Filming School" and "MFSOTSOTR", through the Sub Pop Singles Club. The same year, she toured with The Beths in North America. She also went on a tour with Jeff Rosenstock in late 2023, with some shows delayed until 2024 after Rosenstock contracted COVID-19. The indie pop band Grumpy featured Gish, along with Precious Human, in the January 2025 song "Lonesome Ride". The band said Gish was a major influence on its work.

Style Gish's music has been classified as indie pop, She has described her composition process as "Frankensteining" separate melodies and lyrics that she keeps on her phone. Label: self-released Format: Digital download

Released: December 31, 2017 Label: Sub Pop Records Format: Digital download

Bandcamp exclusives don't call on me (2015) Merry Crisis EP (2016) dummy parade (2016)

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