Irish noise rockers SPRINTS follow their January debut LP Letter to Self with a new single “Feast.” (not including March’s Black Box Sessions release.) The single comes along with a video that is quite epic in scale. There’s an explanation to the song, but we don’t want to spoil it so watch first, then read below.
OK, so here’s the deep dive, courtesy of SPRINTS’ Bandcamp page:
Pulling from our love of grunge and gothic, Feast is named as such because it explores the idea of gluttony, consumption and desire, particularly when it comes to sexuality and romance.
In Ireland a lot of our first conscious experience of storytelling happens to be religious, due in most parts to the interlinking of our Catholic Church and state, particularly in education. The Bible stories and fables of good, bad, morality and sin were always pressed upon us. I thought it was interesting to use this iconography and imagery reimagined in a queer context.
Feast is dark, gothic and sensual, encouraging us to unapologetically pursue our wants and desires.
You can find the track over at their Bandcamp or Spotify. SPRINTS will also be touring across this USA starting this weekend and into October, and then will have a month break before continuing again across the EU-UK. Find details and ticket links for those shows at their official page.
the white drew carey (aka – Jeff Sorley) is the founder and head editor of TGEFM. He’s lived (outside of) Chicago, Madison WI, (ugh) Penn State, Lyon FR, Oxford UK, central New Jersey, and now within earshot of SFO in the Bay Area. When not scouring the web for more great bands and labels to post about, he also spends time drawing (mostly) silly sci-fi and anime stuff under the name Asplenia Studios.
