Formed in Dublin in 2019, four-piece SPRINTS has been described by Stereogum as “one of the most exciting young rock bands in the world” and highlighted by NME as a band to watch in the current wave of Irish guitar music.

Originally formed with lead singer and guitarist Karla Chubb, bassist and vocalist Sam McCann, guitarist Colm O’Reilly and drummer Jack Callan, the band had multiple singles and two EPs, Manifesto and A Modern Job, known altogether as the Back Catalogue.

They released their first studio album, Letter To Self, in January 2024. The album received brilliant reviews and led to the life of touring for the band. After a long time on tour, O’Reilly chose to leave the band in May 2024, with his successor being Zac Stephenson.

Before O’Reilly’s departure, the band released a B-side to Letter to Self called Black Box Sessions, which contained a new track, “Help Me, I’m Spiralling”, and a re-make of an older track, “Drones”. The period between O’Reilly leaving and Stephenson joining saw one single from the band as a three-piece, “Feast”, which hinted towards the ideas growing for their second album.

In June 2025, the SPRINTS Instagram was completely archived to make way for a new single, “Descartes”. The first post was simply a wall with the lyric “Vanity is the curse of culture” highlighted across it, followed by a reel of Karla playing an acoustic snippet of the track, posted the next day.

Four days later, ATIO 26.9FM was teased – “ATIO” standing for the title of their sophomore album, All That Is Over, and “26.9” standing for the release date, 26th September – and was followed by the announcement of the new single’s release date. Upon the release of “Descartes”, SPRINTS officially announced All That Is Over and their new UK, Ireland & Europe tours.

SPRINTS’ next singles, “Rage” and “Beg”, dropped together, followed by “Better”, building up to their final single, “Need”, dropped just one day before the album. All That Is Over once again received critical acclaim, from God Is In The TV to HIVE Magazine.