SPRINTS – Descartes
Dublin’s SPRINTS have unveiled ‘Descartes’, the lead single from their forthcoming album ‘All That Is Over’. The track emerged from frontperson Karla Chubb’s aeroplane reading of Rachel Cusk’s ‘Outline’, specifically the line ‘Vanity is the curse of our culture’ – a moment that sparked what she describes as instantaneous songwriting.
The band flips Descartes’ famous cogito ergo sum into something more visceral: ‘I speak so therefore I understand.’ This isn’t academic posturing but a survival mechanism, with Chubb explaining that writing is both a creative tool and a processing system for navigating an evermore fractured world.
‘All That Is Over’, due September 26th via City Slang and Sub Pop, arrives quickly after January 2024’s ‘Letter To Self’. Rather than creative fatigue, the band found themselves more prolific than ever, with Chubb writing daily to process personal upheaval alongside global atrocities. The album promises to confront everything from personal breakups to international conflicts, seeking clarity amid societal madness.
The accompanying video, directed by Niamh Bryson, complements a track that transforms philosophical inquiry into a punk anthem; the most profound insights come from the loudest expressions of confusion.
Tracklist:
- Abandon
- To The Bone
- Descartes
- Need
- Beg
- Rage
- Something’s Gonna Happen
- Pieces
- Better
- Coming Alive
- Desire
2025 DATES
JULY
03.07 – Days Off, Paris Philharmonie, FR (w/ Bloc Party)
04.07 – Wilde Weide, Kraggenburg, NL
17.07 – Dour Festival, Dour, BE
18.07 – Rock Herk, Herk-de-Stad, BE
19.07 – Deichbrand, Cuxhaven, DE
AUGUST
04.08 – Parkbühne, Leipzig, DE (w/ Fontaines D.C.)
05.08 – Zitadelle Spandau, DE (w/ Fontaines D.C.)
14.08 – Cabaret Vert, Charleville Mezière, FR
15.08 – Congés Annulés, Luxembourg, LU
19.08 – Kunst!Rasen, Bonn, DE (w/ Fontaines D.C.)
20.08 – Freilichtbühne Killesberg, Stuttgart, DE (w/ Fontaines D.C.)
21.08 – Freiluftarena, Graz, AT (w/ Fontaines D.C.)
OCTOBER
17.10 – Carnavalorock Festival, Saint Brieuc, FR
18.10 – Ouest Park, Le Havre, FR
19.10 – Le Temps Machine, Joué-lès-Tours, FR
21.10 – Paloma, Nimes, FR
22.10 – Marché Gare, Lyon, FR
23.10 – Croc the Rock Festival, Etagnières, CH
2026 DATES
MARCH
10.03 – Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR
11.03 – Botanique, Brussels, BE
12.03 – Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
17.03 – Loppen, Copenhagen, DK
20.03 – Voodoo, Warsaw, PL
21.03 – Akropolis, Prague, CZ
24.03 – Bogen F, Zürich, CH
25.03 – Arci Bellezza, Milan, IT
28.03 – Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, FR
