The Dublin band Sprints have released a new single ahead of the release of their debut album this Friday.
Letter To Self is released Friday on City Slang, and kicks off a big year for the indie-rock band who have a rake of tour dates across North America including SXSW, Europe and an Irish tour lined up this year. Tour dates below.
Watch a video for the song ‘Heavy’ featuring live footage of the band, of which singer and songwriter Karla Chubb says:
“The brutally cacophonous sound communicates how it feels to be paralyzed and inspired by anxiety, pairing intrusive thoughts, panic and intensity with that anxiety inducing build. Heavily inspired my early Bauhaus records and PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire?, it draws a heavy influence from 80s gothic – the purposeful space reflecting the isolating nature of panic.”
Letter To Self Track Listing:
- Ticking
- Heavy
- Cathedral
- Shaking Their Hands
- Adore Adore Adore
- Shadow Of A Doubt
- Can’t Get Enough Of It
- Literary Mind
- A Wreck (A Mess)
- Up And Comer
- Letter To Self
Previous singles:
Sprints Tour Dates:
8th Feb – L’Ubu, Rennes, FR
9th Feb – Le Krakatoa, Mérignac, FR
10th Feb – Le Point Éphémère, Paris, FR
13th Feb – Cactus, Brugge, BE
14th Feb – Trix, Antwerp, BE
17th Feb – Molostow, Hamburg, DE
18th Feb – Cassiopeia, Berlin, DE
20th Feb – Kranhalle, Munich, DE
22nd Feb – Vera, Groningen, NL
23rd Feb – Rotown, Rotterdam, NL
24th Feb – Paradiso Tohuistuin, Amsterdam, NL
6th March – Madame Lou’s, Seattle, USA
7th March – Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, USA
9th March – Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco, USA
11th March – The Echo, Los Angeles, USA
19th March – Shubas, Chicago, USA
22nd March – Elsewhere, New York. USA
23rd March – DC9 Nightclub, Washington, USA
3rd April – Heaven, London, UK
5th April – Actress & Bishop, Birmingham, UK (sold out)
6th April – White Hotel, Manchester, UK (sold out)
7th April – King Tuts, Glasgow, UK (sold out)
9th April – Patterns, Brighton, UK (sold out)
11th April – Thekla, Bristol, UK
13th April – Bodega, Nottingham, UK (sold out)
14th April – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK (sold out)
18th April – Dolans Kasbah, Limerick, IE
19th April – Róisín Dubh, Galway, IE
20th April – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, UK
25th April – Coughlans – Cork, IE (sold out)
26th April – Mike The Pies, Listowel, IE
3rd May – Button Factory, Dublin, IE (sold out)
4th May – Button Factory, Dublin, IE
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
