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There's a lyric burnt into InchAbandonInch - 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 InchI don't grow old / I grow unrecognisableInch.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.InchI think we came out of 2024 as quite literally different people and a completely different band to how we entered it,Inch says Karla. InchThere 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**k.InchThe 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. Throughout 2024 alone, they toured the UK, Europe and America twice, ending the year with a celebratory, sold-out show at London's O2 Forum Kentish Town. All That is Over lays out
