SPRINTS – Better
Dublin’s SPRINTS slow things down on “Better”, trading their usual garage rock snarl for something more vulnerable. Frontwoman Karla Chubb calls it a song that “sounds like a love song but definitely isn’t”, exploring the concept of only liking someone when they’re at their best rather than enjoying them better overall.
The track emerged from an old demo that bandmates Sam McCann and Zac Stephenson pushed to revisit. Drawing heavily from My Bloody Valentine’s “Loveless” with touches of Amyl and the Sniffers’ “Big Dreams”, it shows a different side of SPRINTS while maintaining their emotional intensity. Chubb describes it as “tough, sad, but honest and frank”.
“Better” comes from their upcoming second album, “All That Is Over”, due September 26 via City Slang. Written on tour buses and during soundchecks against a backdrop of global chaos, the album pushes the band into richer territory. Director Niamh Bryson’s accompanying video captures the heartbreak and vulnerability with monochrome visuals that force you to sit with difficult emotions.
North America
- 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN (January 28, 2026)
- Sanctuary, Detroit, MI (January 30, 2026)
- Longboat Hall, Toronto, ON (February 1, 2026)
- The Sinclair, Boston, MA (February 3, 2026)
- Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY (February 5, 2026)
- The Atlantis, Washington, DC (February 6, 2026)
- Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PA (February 7, 2026)
- The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA (February 10, 2026)
- The Chapel, San Francisco, CA (February 11, 2026)
- Mission Theater, Portland, OR (February 13, 2026)
- The Crocodile, Seattle, WA (February 14, 2026)
Europe
- Monk, Rome, IT (September 20, 2025)
- Tower Records, Dublin, IE (September 26, 2025)
- Jacaranda, Liverpool, UK (September 27, 2025)
- Piccadilly, Manchester, UK (September 28, 2025)
- Resident, Brighton, UK (September 29, 2025)
- Rough Trade East, London, UK (September 30, 2025) – SOLD OUT
- Rough Trade, Bristol, UK (October 1, 2025) – SOLD OUT
- Banquet, Kingston, UK (October 2, 2025) – SOLD OUT
- Rough Trade, Berlin, DE (October 3, 2025)
- Carnavalorock Festival, Saint Brieuc, FR (October 17, 2025)
- Ouest Park Festival, Le Havre, FR (October 18, 2025)
- Le Temps Machine, Joué-lès-Tours, FR (October 19, 2025)
- Paloma, Nimes, FR (October 21, 2025)
- Marché Gare, Lyon, FR (October 22, 2025)
- Croc the Rock Festival, Etagnières VD, CH (October 23, 2025)
- Empire Hall, Belfast, UK (November 2, 2025)
- The Parish, Huddersfield, UK (November 5, 2025)
- SWG3 Galvanizers, Glasgow, UK (November 6, 2025)
- Leeds Beckett Student Union, Leeds, UK (November 7, 2025)
- Albert Hall, Manchester, UK (November 8, 2025)
- Newcastle University Student Union, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK (November 10, 2025)
- Foundry, Sheffield, UK (November 11, 2025)
- Rock City, Nottingham, UK (November 12, 2025)
- Troxy, London, UK (November 14, 2025)
- O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol, UK (November 15, 2025)
- O2 Academy 1 Oxford, Oxford, UK (November 18, 2025)
- Vicar Street, Dublin, IE (November 20, 2025)
- Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR (March 10, 2026)
- Botanique, Brussels, BE (March 11, 2026)
- Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL (March 12, 2026)
- Kantine, Cologne, DE (March 14, 2026)
- Uebel & Gefahrlich, Hamburg, DE (March 15, 2026)
- Loppen, Copenhagen, DK (March 17, 2026)
- Metropol, Berlin, DE (March 18, 2026)
- Voodoo, Warsaw, PL (March 20, 2026)
- Akropolis, Prague, CZ (March 21, 2026)
- Bogen F, Zürich, CH (March 24, 2026)
- Arci Bellezza, Milan, IT (March 25, 2026)
- Strom, Munich, DE (March 26, 2026)
- Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, FR (March 28, 2026)
- Den Atelier, Luxembourg, LU (March 29, 2026)
- Skaters Palace Cafe, Münster, DE (March 31, 2026)
- Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, DE (April 1, 2026)
- Club Manufaktur, Schorndorf, DE (April 2, 2026)
