Irish noise rockers Sprints have released their first new music of 2026, and the first music since last September’s All That Is Over LP. “Trickle Down” is exactly what it sounds like it is about: the failed economic theory championed in the 80s which suggested that if we just don’t tax the mega-rich, they’ll spend money on things that create jobs and income for all classes below them.
We’ve seen how well that works out, and now Sprints have a thing to say about it, too. As the band explains:
“Trickle Down” is about watching systems fail in slow motion, housing crisis, rising costs, culture wars, climate collapse, and being told to stay patient. It’s the frustration of a generation stuck in “wait mode” while everything burns.
But Sprints, I’m sure all that money will come trickling down soon!
Enjoy the single below, and find more Sprints at their Bandcamp or Spotify
- Sep 27 Jacaranda Baltic Liverpool, UK
- Sep 29 CHALK Brighton, UK
- Sep 30 Rough Trade East London London, UK
- Oct 1 Rough Trade Bristol Bristol, UK
- Oct 3 Mikropol Berlin, Germany
- Oct 19 Le Temps Machine Joué-Les-Tours, France
- Oct 21 Club, Paloma Nîmes, France
- Oct 22 Le Marché Gare Lyon, France
- Oct 23 Croc’ the Rock Festival Étagnières, Switzerland
- Nov 2 Empire Music Hall Belfast, UK
- Nov 5 The Parish Huddersfield, UK
- Nov 6 Galvanizers Yard, SWG3 Glasgow, UK
- Nov 7 Leeds Beckett University Students Union Leeds, UK
- Nov 8 Albert Hall Manchester, UK
- Nov 10 Newcastle University Students’ Union Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
- Nov 12 Nottingham Rock City Nottingham, UK
- Nov 14 Troxy London, UK
- Nov 15 O2 Academy Bristol Bristol, UK
- Nov 17 The 1865 Southampton, UK
- Nov 18 o2 Academy Oxford, UK
- Nov 20 Vicar Street Dublin, Ireland
- Jan 28 7th St. Entry Minneapolis, MN
- Jan 30 Sanctuary Detroit Hamtramck, MI
- Feb 3 Sinclair Music Hall Cambridge, MA
- Feb 5 Bowery Ballroom New York (NYC), NY
- Feb 6 The Atlantis Washington, DC
- Feb 7 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, PA
- Feb 10 Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA
- Feb 11 The Chapel San Francisco, CA
- Feb 14 The Crocodile – Old Location Seattle, WA
- Mar 14 Die Kantine Cologne, Germany
- Mar 15 Uebel & Gefährlich Hamburg, Germany
- Mar 17 Loppen Copenhagen, Denmark
- Mar 18 Metropol Berlin, Germany
- Mar 20 VooDoo Club Warsaw, Poland
- Mar 21 Palác Akropolis Prague, Czech Republic
- Mar 22 Strom Munich, Germany
- Mar 24 Bogen F Zürich, Switzerland
- Mar 25 ARCI Bellezza Milan, Italy
- Mar 28 Cabaret Sauvage Paris, France
- Mar 31 Skaters Palace Münster, Germany
- Apr 1 Schlachthof Wiesbaden Wiesbaden, Germany
- Apr 2 Club Manufaktur Schorndorf, Germany
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