The brilliant SPRINTS return with a new single, ‘Shadow Of A Doubt,’ from their hotly-anticipated debut album, ‘Letter To Self,’ and it’s quite a statement. It starts deceptively slowly before exploding into life, fusing passion, vulnerability, and the band’s ability to be brutally honest and address subjects head-on. This is something Karla Chubb, SPRINTS’ lead vocalist, acknowledges when she says:” Shadow Of A Doubt is our most vulnerable moment to date. 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. “
The vocal was recorded in three takes with jagged breaths and some misstepped lyrics purposefully left in. Here, we felt emotion was more important than perfection.”
Tour Dates
15th Nov – Baby’s All Right, New York, USA
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
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