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Words and Photos by Henry Groves After an incredible year, SPRINTS were bringing it to a close with a UK tour, including their biggest UK headline show to date at O2 Kentish Town Forum. After releasing their debut album ‘Letter to Self’ earlier this year, there was a lot of excitement in the room. I …

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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 …

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American synth-pop act Future Islands graced the stage of the third night of the Wider Than Pictures series at National Museum of Ireland -Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Dublin and opening the night were first on stage garage punk act from Dublin Sprints and shortly following them were Dundalk experimental rock outfit Just Mustard. Sprints …

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So the final day of Beyond the Pale arrived and the sun was out, so much so there were bodies scattered about the arena sunbathing most of the day and it was a day most were looking forward to the most as Singer / songwriter / model / actress Grace Jones was closing out the …

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With just one week to go now, the organisers are on site building and excitement levels are through the roof! they are pleased to say that our main arena stage times have finally landed – so start planning. Next week we’ll have a full run down of times across 9 stages full of art, theatre, …

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Sprints  today shared new single Adore Adore Adore, out now on City Slang. The band also confirm details of their biggest headline shows to date, including an Autumn show at London’s Scala. Sprints are set to dominate the festival landscape this Summer, bringing their own brand of charisma-laden punk to stages around Europe. Despite being pre-debut album, Sprints have received …

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Dublin grunge punk band  Sprints made the journey back to the capital for their biggest headline shows to date after a long stint of touring the UK and Ireland over the last year and what a return it was! Previously playing smaller Dublin venues such as Upstairs at Whelan’s and the Grand Social, Sprints return …

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Literary Mind - remix cover art

Dublin’s Sprints have released a remix of their current single ‘Literary Mind‘. Tom Sharkett experimented with new equipment and sounds while recording his band’s (W. H. Lung) first record and he was drawn deeper into the world of electronics. He creates electronic music with a punk ethos and so working with Sprints is a match …

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The four band members of Sprints

Sprints have released new track ‘Literary Mind’ out now on Nice Swan Records. It’s the first new music since their A Modern Job EP which was out in the spring. The 7″ vinyl sold out immediately which demonstrates the growing interest in the band. It’s a slightly different sound for Sprints, but still raw, still …

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The five members of the band Splint standing around

Nice Swan Records announce the signing of splint, who join Sprints, English Teacher, Courting and Opus Kink, as part of the Nice Swan Introduces…. debut single series. The Manchester-based five-piece have released ‘Military Procedures‘ after a year of attempting to fly under the radar with an intermittent run of intense appearances and no social media …

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