Sprints Share Two New Singles Rage And Beg, Confirm UK In-Store Shows
Thursday, 24 July 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Titouan Massé
Sprints have shared two new tracks from their upcoming second album.
Both blistering songs, Rage and Beg are lifted from 'All That Is Over', due out on September 26 via City Slang (Worldwide) and Sub Pop (North America).
The former deals in gritty guitars, with garage-punk influences from the likes of Dandy Warhols and the raw intensity of Viagra Boys, while the latter is a fierce, satirical punk critique on morality and power. Discussing Rage, vocalist Karla Chubb said:
"I think in the world today, it’s a lot easier to be angry than it is to help facilitate change. People are fatigued, disillusioned - it’s understandable, but we shouldn’t be pointing the finger at those already marginalised and making them shoulder the blame. The world is full of false prophets and false promises; it's time we call them out. Don’t let the rage bait fuel the fire and burn us all in the process.
"Sonically, I was pretty consumed by Dandy Warhols and Viagra Boys during the writing of this album so I feel like that’s seeped its way into the subconscious of the song. The rumbling, desert, garage influence that almost feels like a tumbleweed of chaos blowing across the track in the guitars."
About Beg, she explained: "Beg is a track that represents a lot of the key motifs, themes and topics we explore across the album. Sonically, it's a sum of all of the parts, new and old, that make up the sound of All That Is Over. Inspired originally by a line in a Vladimir Holan poem, Beg is written in part as a joke, a call and response to the question, "Is Karla Jesus?" that was written atop a moodboard when we were brainstorming ideas for a music video.
"It's tongue in cheek, it's satirical, and it pokes fun at the idea that often it's those in positions of power that preach their moral codes and judgments, while committing the most heinous crimes themselves. Meanwhile, the communities often under attack are just aiming to exist and to live. It's an exploration of the self, sexuality, lust, ambition, but also my own shortcomings and the constant battle to be better."
On the song's accompanying videos, director David Willis added: "The idea for the videos originally stemmed from Karla's desire to work with her friends who happen to both be drag queens (Kiki Cult and Hansun Lamb who were both phenomenal). Sprints have always had a pretty clear stance on both gay rights and more specifically trans rights and she wanted to flip some stereotypes upside down by having some drag queens acting like lairy blokes on a night out and terrorising the public."
Previously, the Dublin post-punks teased the follow-up to their 2024 debut 'Letter To Self' with the single Descartes.
Sprints will continue their run of UK and European festival dates with slots at Latitude and Deer Shed this week, before heading to Victorious in Portsmouth next month.
They'll also play a series of new in-store dates around the record's release, ahead of a headline UK and Ireland tour in November, and European dates in March next year. Tickets are on sale now.
Sprints Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sun October 19 2025 - PARIS Le Temps Machine (France)
Tue October 21 2025 - NIMES Paloma (France)
Wed October 22 2025 - LYON LE MARCHE GARE (France)
Sun November 02 2025 - BELFAST Empire Music Hall
Wed November 05 2025 - HUDDERSFIELD Parish
Thu November 06 2025 - GLASGOW SWG3 Galvanizers Yard
Fri November 07 2025 - LEEDS Leeds Beckett Students Union
Sat November 08 2025 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Mon November 10 2025 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Newcastle University Students Union
Tue November 11 2025 - SHEFFIELD Foundry-Sheff Uni
Wed November 12 2025 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Fri November 14 2025 - LONDON Troxy
Sat November 15 2025 - BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
Tue November 18 2025 - OXFORD O2 Academy Oxford
Thu November 20 2025 - DUBLIN Vicar Street
Tue March 10 2026 - TOURCOING Le Grand Mix (France)
Wed March 11 2026 - BRUSSELLS Le Botanique (Belgium)
Thu March 12 2026 - AMSTERDAM Melkweg (Netherlands)
Tue March 17 2026 - COPENHAGEN Loppen (Denmark)
Fri March 20 2026 - WARSAW Voodoo Club (Poland)
Sat March 21 2026 - PRAGUE Palác Akropolis (Czech Republic)
Tue March 24 2026 - ZURICH Bogen F (Switzerland)
Wed March 25 2026 - MILAN Circolo Arci Bellezza (Italy)
Sat March 28 2026 - PARIS CABARET SAUVAGE (France)
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