There’s a lyric burnt into ‘Abandon’ - the slow, searing scorch of an opening track that begins SPRINTS’ gargantuan second album ‘All That Is Over’ - that cuts to the core of the incendiary Dublin quartet right now: “I don’t grow old / I grow unrecognisable”. Not only does it kick the door down to a record that wrestles with the horrors outside and the strengths within, fighting for the necessity of art and hope and love amidst an incomprehensible world on fire, it also winks at Sprints' own thrilling trajectory. Having underlined their status as one of the UK and Ireland's most exciting breakthrough bands with their universally-acclaimed 2024 debut Letter to Self, vocalist and guitarist Karla Chubb, bassist Sam McCann, drummer Jack Callan and new guitarist Zac Stephenson return for their second act as an evolved entity: stronger, sharper and fully assured. "I think we came out of 2024 as quite literally different people and a completely different band to how we entered it," says Karla. "There was a lot of growing and a lot of work on myself, and in the background we did a lot of work as friends and on being there for each other as a band. Letter to Self was so riddled with self-consciousness and a need to prove myself in a very male-dominated industry that really held me back in a lot of ways. And now, on this album, I could not give less of a f***." The groundwork that Sprints laid down with their debut marked them out as a musical triple-threat in the alternative landscape: a visceral live band capable of selling out increasingly sizeable tours, earning five star reviews (NME, DIY and more) and an Irish Choice Music Prize nod, while landing themselves on BBC Radio One. Tucson, AZ legends The Supersuckers’ classic third album - 1995’s The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers - is back in print, and on limited colored vinyl! The Sacrilicious Sounds… is a furious, sneering blast of punk rock that perfectly encapsulates the band’s special fusion of hard rock, punk, and low-brow country culture. The Damned meets ZZ Top? The Motörhead of the Southwest? Something like that, sure, but ultimately The Supersuckers are their own thing, and on The Sacrilicious Sounds… - and especially on the single “Born With a Tail” - singer Eddie Spaghetti’s woeful country laments begin to poke more assertively through their raw punk aggro. About that aggro: this is the band's sole album with Rick Sims, of Illinois punk legends Didjits, on guitar, and Sims dutifully cranks up The Supersuckers’ already formidable wall of overdriven guitars. As an extra treat, Sims sings lead on the blistering “Run Like a Motherfucker.” The Sacrilicious Sounds… was produced by Paul Leary of Butthole Surfers. Street Date 8/8/25
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