Sprints - A Modern Job

Nice Swan Recordings

£17.98

Format: 12" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: NSWN051
Barcode: 5400863072179
Release Date: 24 Jun 23 [back in]
Genre: Punk/Hardcore

 Sprints unveil details of their ‘A Modern Job’ EP, out on Nice Swan Records.
 Lyrically, ‘Modern Job’ finds singer Karla Chubb at her sardonic and angry best, detailing her own personal wish list: “I wish I had the guts / I wish I had the gall / I wish I had a girl,” all set to cascading guitars and a formidable rhythm section; working in unison to create unrelenting tension, all the while echoing the subject matter Chubb explores in her lyrics.
 On the new single, Karla offers the following: “‘Modern Job’ is a critique of modern existence but also an exploration of growing up queer. In your formative years, you are bombarded with media, books, news that depict what a ‘normal’ life should be. Grow up, fall in love, get married… long live the nuclear family.
 “By contrast when you grow up queer all these ordinary things can seem extraordinary, out of reach and in some parts of the world, illegal. It leaves you feeling lost, excluded and confused. I wanted ‘Modern Job’ to capture those feelings; chaotic energy, loneliness and longing of normality while trying to find acceptance within yourself.”
 Sprints have received support from the likes The Guardian, Clash, NME, DIY and Dork, as well as love at Radio 1 and Radio 6 Music. Recent single ‘How Does The Story Go?’ (also on the EP) was premiered by Steve Lamacq, who praised it as “their best song yet! These guys are going to be something,” The single was also leading in playlists from NME, Loud & Quiet and others.
 Sprints combine guitar-driven hooks, motoric rhythm and emotive lyricism to create a unique sound that pulls from garage, grunge, punk and beyond. Like the Irish guitar acts who have paved the way for them - Fontaines D.C., Silverbacks and Girl Band - the sound of Sprints is urgent and vital at every turn.
 Sprints have hit a nerve. Driven by experience, tough political climates and social and economic uncertainty - their music is honest, often politically charged and authentic.
 “On course towards future raucous, beer-soaked headline festival sets.” - NME
 “Screw-you power, relentless motorik rhythms and impressively large choruses.” - The Guardian
 "Sprints may be the latest to emerge from Dublin’s fertile stable of guitarwielding new heroes, but their two-fingers-up, no-nonsense rattle ‘n’ roll arrives as the natural heir to Amyl and the Sniffers’ grot punk” - DIY

Tracklisting
A1 How Does The Story Go ?
A2 Modern Job
A3 Delia Smith
B1 Little Fix
B2 I'm In A Band