SPRINTS and Slow Fiction at Zone One at Elsewhere
On Friday, March 22, 2024, Dublin, Ireland’s SPRINTS headlined their second show at Zone One at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, NY and were joined by local act, Slow Fiction.
SPRINTS’ debut album, Letter to Self was released by City Slang Records back in January and I have been listening to it often since the release. The press release for their first single, “Heavy,” mentioned guitarist/vocalist Karla Chubb being inspired by Bauhaus and PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire? and as a fan of both of these things, I stopped reading the rest of the email and immediately went to check out the video, which I loved. In addition to their music, SPRINTS were one of the Irish bands to withdraw from their SXSW showcases recently, so suffice to say, I was very excited to attend their live show in Brooklyn last night.
For the final three shows of their US tour, SPRINTS were joined by Brooklyn’s Slow Fiction, an indie rock quintet that gave a lovely, moody contrast to SPRINTS highly energetic post punk set that came afterwards. During SPRINTS’ set part of me wished Death by Audio (RIP) still existed here as it would have been a perfect place for them to play.
Photos of both acts now appear above, and many thanks to the members of SPRINTS for being game to have me create portraits of them before the show, and to Lucy, Jeanette, and Bianca for their help in making it happen. SPRINTS’ US tour concludes tonight in Washington, DC.