Dublin band Sprints will release their debut album, Letter to Self, on January 5 via City Slang. They made the it with Daniel Fox of Gilla Band producing and singer Karla Chubb says it’s “a deeply personal and autobiographical album lyrically and in its key themes, while sonically it explores a space inspired by our love of early 80s gothic, 90s noise rock and more modern influences.”
The band have just released a new single from the album, “Shadow of a Doubt,” which Chubb says is “our most vulnerable moment to date,” adding, “It very bluntly deals with the experience of trauma, depression and the aftermath. It was written quite selfishly – to take the weight of some of those feelings off myself by placing them on a page in an attempt to feel like I was healing, or ridding myself of them. An entirely cathartic process.” You can watch the video, and listen to two other songs off the album, below.
Sprints are in NYC right now and will make their US live debut at Baby’s All Right tonight (11/15) with Flossing. They’ve also just announced 2024 US headline shows in March, including another Brooklyn show at Elsewhere Zone One on 3/22. Tickets for 2024 dates go on sale Friday, November 17 at 10 AM local time. All dates are below.
Letter to Self
01) Ticking
02) Heavy
03) Cathedral
04) Shaking Their Hands
05) Adore Adore Adore
06) Shadow Of A Doubt
07) Can’t Get Enough Of It
08) Literary Mind
09) A Wreck (A Mess)
10) Up And Comer
11) Letter To Self
SPRINTS – 2023/2024 TOUR DATES
11/15 – New York, NY @ Baby’s All Right
2/08 – Rennes, FR – L’Ubu
2/09 – Mérignac, FR – Le Krakatoa
2/10 – Paris, FR – Le Point Éphémère
2/13 – Brugge, BE – Cactus
2/14 – Antwerp, BE – Trix
2/18 – Berlin, DE – Cassiopeia
2/20 – Munich, DE – Kranhalle
2/22 – Groningen, NL – VERA
2/23 – Rotterdam, NL – Rotown
2/24 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Tohuistuin
3/06 – Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s
3/07 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
3/09 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
3/11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
3/19 – Chicago, IL – Shubas
3/22 – New York, NY – Elsewhere
3/23 – Washington, DC – DC9 Nightclub
4/03 – London, UK – Heaven
4/05 – Birmingham, UK – Actress & Bishop
4/06 – Manchester, UK – White Hotel
4/07 – Glasgow, UK – King Tuts
4/09 – Brighton, UK – Patterns
4/11 – Bristol, UK – Thekla
4/13 – Nottingham, UK – Bodega
4/14 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
4/18 – Limerick, IE – Dolans Kasbah
4/19 – Galway, IE – Róisín Dubh
4/20 – Belfast, NIR – Ulster Sports Club
4/25 – Cork, IE – Coughlans
4/26 – Listowel, IE – Mike The Pies
5/03 – Dublin, IE – Button Factory
