Sprints - Letter to Self (Preorder 22/11/24) Limited repress of 700 copies

Sprints - Letter to Self (Preorder 22/11/24)

Label: City Slang - SLANG50543CW - 4250506851002
Format: LP, Album, White, Limited repress of 700 copies
Country: UK
Released: 22nd Nov 2024
Genre: Alternative / Modern
Style: Alternative / Modern

Description
SPRINTS' debut album ‘Letter to Self' embodies their substantial evolution over the past 3 years. Transforming pain into truth, passion into purpose and perseverance into strength, the Dublin four-piece have steadily grown in stature, releasing two acclaimed EPs and building a fearsome live reputation. 

'Letter to Self' is the sound of  SPRINTS consolidating and levelling up. Exhibiting their most vulnerable moments and imbuing their visceral garage-punk with a palpable sense of catharsis that we can all benefit from. 

Inspired by Savages, their sound matured into energetic and abrasive garage-punk, synthesising influences ranging from early Pixies, Bauhaus, Siouxsie Sioux, IDLES and LCD Soundsystem. 

Singer, guitarist and lead-songwriter Karla Chubb tackles her inner turmoil head-on, and uses her platform to address inequality and issues close to hear heart, like the campaign for 'Repeal The 8th', and women’s ongoing fight for bodily autonomy, struggles with self acceptance, identity, mental health struggles, sexuality and catholic guilt.  For their debut album the band set about transforming so-called “negative energy” into an opportunity for communal catharsis and healing. Karla Chubb explains sums up message that lies at the very heart of the album: “No matter what you're born into, or have experienced, there's a way to emerge from this and be happy within yourself.”

Tracklist

1 Ticking 
2 Heavy 
3 Cathedral 
4 Shaking Their Hands 
5 Adore Adore Adore 
6 Shadow of A Doubt 
7 Can’t Get Enough of It 
8 Literary Mind 
9 A Wreck (A Mess) 
10 Up and Comer 
11 Letter to Self