SPRINTS – Letter to Self (2024) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

SPRINTS – Letter to Self (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 39:39 minutes | 764 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © City Slang

“This is an exploration of pain, passion and perseverance,” is how Sprints present their debut album. After having developed their decidedly British garage-punk under Nice Swan Recording with the EPs A Modern Job and Manifesto, released in 2021, the young quartet from Dublin has moved onto the Berlin-based indie label City Slang (Calexico, Hauschka, Gold Panda, Tindersticks, as well as Anna Von Hausswolff) for Letter To Self. Produced by expert of noise texture and bassist of Gilla Band, Daniel Fox, and recorded in just 12 days in Anjou, this dazzling record of 11 garage tracks doesn’t hold back, seeking catharsis over subtlety.“Music became an outlet for emotion, and a way for me to understand myself and society,” reveals Karla Chubb, the group’s ringleader, whose shattering voice has been backed by Colm O’Reilly’s guitar, Jack Callan’s drums, and Sam McCann’s bass, since the middle of the 2010s. Thunderous kick (“Ticking”) and plenty of saturation (“Cathedral”), rises in power until the point of implosion, almost giving a taste of the 90s (“A Wreck (A Mess)”). Adding efficient riffing (“Up and Comer”) and post-punk bass (“Literary Mind”), this high-tension record unfolds like a continuous flow of avalanches. If you’re looking for some respite, we recommend you wait for the last minute, where the guitar notes gently flow over softer, spoken vocals into silence. Qobuzissime! – Charlotte Saintoin

Tracklist:

01. SPRINTS – Ticking (03:06)
02. SPRINTS – Heavy (03:27)
03. SPRINTS – Cathedral (02:59)
04. SPRINTS – Shaking Their Hands (03:42)
05. SPRINTS – Adore Adore Adore (02:37)
06. SPRINTS – Shadow of a Doubt (04:10)
07. SPRINTS – Can’t Get Enough of It (04:19)
08. SPRINTS – Literary Mind (04:32)
09. SPRINTS – A Wreck (A Mess) (03:36)
10. SPRINTS – Up and Comer (03:46)
11. SPRINTS – Letter to Self (03:20)

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