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””’All That Is Over””’ is the second studio album by Irish garage punk band [[Sprints (band)|Sprints]]. It was released on 26 September 2025 via [[City Slang]], [[Sub Pop]] in LP, CD and digital formats.<ref name=”HP2″>{{Cite web |last=Luisetti |first=Agostino |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints announce new album ”All That Is Over” |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/sprints-announce-new-album-all-that-is-over-23091567 |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Hot Press]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=”C2″>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |last2= |first2= |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints Announce New Album ”All That Is Over” |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/sprints-announce-new-album-all-that-is-over/ |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> It features the single “Descartes” and received favorable ratings from multiple publications.<ref name=”SG2″ /><ref name=”TS” /><ref name=”D” />

””’All That Is Over””’ is the second studio album by Irish garage punk band [[Sprints (band)|Sprints]]. It was released on 26 September 2025 via [[City Slang]], [[Sub Pop]] in LP, CD and digital formats.<ref name=”HP2″>{{Cite web |last=Luisetti |first=Agostino |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints announce new album ”All That Is Over” |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/sprints-announce-new-album-all-that-is-over-23091567 |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Hot Press]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=”C2″>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |last2= |first2= |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints Announce New Album ”All That Is Over” |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/sprints-announce-new-album-all-that-is-over/ |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> It features the single “Descartes” and received favorable ratings from multiple publications.<ref name=”SG2″ /><ref name=”TS” /><ref name=”D” />

==Background==

==Background==

The album was preceded by the band’s debut release, ”[[Letter to Self]]”.<ref name=”D2″>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=3 September 2025 |title=Sprints have released ‘Better’ from their fab new album ”All That Is Over” |url=https://readdork.com/news/sprints-share-better/ |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> “Descartes” was released as the lead single on 24 June 2025,<ref name=”LO2″>{{Cite web |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints announce new album ”All That Is Over”, share first single Descartes, outline UK and Ireland headline tour |url=https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/sprints-new-album-all-that-is-over-single-descartes |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Louder (magazine)|Louder]] |language=en}}</ref> alongside a music video directed by Niamh Bryson.<ref name=”SG2″>{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints Announce New Album ”All That Is Over”: Hear “Descartes” |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2312855/sprints-announce-new-album-all-that-is-over-hear-descartes/music/ |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Stereogum]] |language=en}}</ref> Karla Chubb of the band stated about the single, “Descartes explores the idea of needing to write and create as a means of survival, not just a means of expression, and how important that is to me as a person to try to understand and process the world around me.”<ref name=”NME2″>{{Cite web |last=Rigotti |first=Alex |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints announce new album ”All That Is Over” with roaring single ‘Descartes’ |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sprints-announce-new-album-all-that-is-over-with-roaring-single-descartes-3872129 |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The album was preceded by the band’s debut , ”[[Letter to Self]]”.<ref name=”D2″>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=3 September 2025 |title=Sprints have released ‘Better’ from their fab new album ”All That Is Over” |url=https://readdork.com/news/sprints-share-better/ |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> “Descartes” was released as the lead single on 24 June 2025,<ref name=”LO2″>{{Cite web |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints announce new album ”All That Is Over”, share first single Descartes, outline UK and Ireland headline tour |url=https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/sprints-new-album-all-that-is-over-single-descartes |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Louder (magazine)|Louder]] |language=en}}</ref> alongside a music video directed by Niamh Bryson.<ref name=”SG2″>{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints Announce New Album ”All That Is Over”: Hear “Descartes” |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2312855/sprints-announce-new-album-all-that-is-over-hear-descartes/music/ |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[Stereogum]] |language=en}}</ref> Karla Chubb of the band stated about the single, “Descartes explores the idea of needing to write and create as a means of survival, not just a means of expression, and how important that is to me as a person to try to understand and process the world around me.”<ref name=”NME2″>{{Cite web |last=Rigotti |first=Alex |date=24 June 2025 |title=Sprints announce new album ”All That Is Over” with roaring single ‘Descartes’ |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sprints-announce-new-album-all-that-is-over-with-roaring-single-descartes-3872129 |access-date=26 September 2025 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Reception ==

== Reception ==

2025 studio album by Sprints

All That Is Over is the second studio album by Irish garage punk band Sprints. It was released on 26 September 2025 via City Slang, Sub Pop in LP, CD and digital formats.[2][3] It features the single “Descartes” and received favorable ratings from multiple publications.[4][5][6]

The album was preceded by the band’s debut studio album, Letter to Self (2024).[7] “Descartes” was released as the lead single on 24 June 2025,[8] alongside a music video directed by Niamh Bryson.[4] Karla Chubb of the band stated about the single, “Descartes explores the idea of needing to write and create as a means of survival, not just a means of expression, and how important that is to me as a person to try to understand and process the world around me.”[9]

The album received generally positive ratings from multiple publications.[13][18]

Caroline Kelly of Hot Press stated, “By turns startling and seismic, All That Is Over continues the band’s knack of crafting snarling, explosive bangers, cementing Sprints’ status as one of the most compelling acts in rock,” giving it a 8.5 rating.[13] In a 4.5-star rating for Louder, Vicky Greer described it as “rife with tension, particularly on ‘Something’s Gonna Happen’, the calm before the storm, where the band seem to address the listener directly.”[16]

Hester Aalberts of Oor compared the album to its predecessor, noting that “in terms of unsharpened explosiveness Letter to Self wins, but All That Is Over is more accessible and layered.”[19] Rolling Stone Germany’s Jörn Schlüter observed, it “reflects the contradictory experience of experiencing the steep rise of one’s own band, but at the same time having to watch everything sink into chaos.”[17] Amelie Grice, writing for Clash, opined, it “distorts what is expected with a dynamic and ominous punk release. After laying significant groundwork with their first album Letter to Self, Sprints continue to be a vessel for clever driven punk music.”[10]

In a DIY review, Ben Tipple commented, “The anger remains palpable, the lyrics ever relatable, and All That Is Over injects enough ingenuity to keep Sprints right at the top of the class,” giving it a score of five stars.[11] Dork‘s Felicity Newton referred to the album as “the sound of a group with something urgent to say, and the chops to say it louder, weirder and smarter than anyone else.”[6] Mark Sutherland of Kerrang! called it “a truly thrilling record on the most basic level; boasting a set of classy songs that are half-brains, half-brawn and all-absolute-bangers.”[15]

Steven Doherty gave the album a rating of nine for God Is in the TV and noted, “Nothing rushed or thrown-together here, no tour fatigue, just an ever more confident band knocking out a second glorious album in the space of a year. Quite the achievement.”[12] Marcy Donelson, reviewing for AllMusic, noted it as “a representative mix of personal and political atrocities, All That Is Over is far from a grim headbanger, rather offering a cathartic, frustrated call to action that seems timely as ever in its blunt demands for care and safe spaces in a world on fire.”[18] Billie Estrine in their review for the Skinny, remarked, “Sonically, All That Is Over creates a spooky and diverse soundscape, while embodying themes of atrocity that backlight its conceptualization.”[5] Adam White of the Independent stated, “Many of these songs tussle with the jubilant status of the band – newly anointed off the back of their promising debut Letter to Self – against the apocalyptic landscape of the modern age.”[14]

All tracks are written by Sprints.

All That Is Over track listing
Title
1. “Abandon” 2:40
2. “To the Bone” 3:29
3. “Descartes” 3:13
4. “Need” 2:40
5. “Beg” 3:16
6. “Rage” 2:43
7. “Something’s Gonna Happen” 4:21
8. “Pieces” 3:11
9. “Better” 3:09
10. “Coming Alive” 3:35
11. “Desire” 6:12
Total length: 38:29

Credits adapted from the album’s liner notes.[1]

  • Karla Chubb – performance, recording
  • Jack Callan – performance, recording
  • Sam McCann – performance, recording
  • Zac Stephenson – performance, recording
  1. ^ a b All That Is Over (Media notes). Sprints. City Slang, Sub Pop. 26 September 2025.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Luisetti, Agostino (24 June 2025). “Sprints announce new album All That Is Over“. Hot Press. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  3. ^ Murray, Robin (24 June 2025). “Sprints Announce New Album All That Is Over“. Clash. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (24 June 2025). “Sprints Announce New Album All That Is Over: Hear “Descartes”“. Stereogum. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b c “Sprints album review: All That Is Over – The Skinny”. The Skinny. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Newton, Felicity (24 September 2025). “SPRINTS – All That Is Over“. Dork. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  7. ^ Taylor, Sam (3 September 2025). “Sprints have released ‘Better’ from their fab new album All That Is Over“. Dork. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  8. ^ Brannigan, Paul (24 June 2025). “Sprints announce new album All That Is Over, share first single Descartes, outline UK and Ireland headline tour”. Louder. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  9. ^ Rigotti, Alex (24 June 2025). “Sprints announce new album All That Is Over with roaring single ‘Descartes’“. NME. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  10. ^ a b Grice, Amelie (25 September 2025). “Sprints – All That Is Over“. Clash. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  11. ^ a b Tipple, Ben (24 September 2025). “Sprints – All That Is Over“. DIY. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  12. ^ a b Doherty, Steven (24 September 2025). “Sprints – All That Is Over (City Slang)”. God Is in the TV. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  13. ^ a b c Kelly, Caroline (26 September 2025). “Album Review: Sprints, All That Is Over“. Hot Press. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  14. ^ a b Adam, White (26 September 2025). “Album reviews: Sprints – All That is Over“. The Independent. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  15. ^ a b Sutherland, Mark (24 September 2025). “Album review: Sprints – All That Is Over“. Kerrang!. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  16. ^ a b Greer, Vicky (26 September 2025). “Sprints All That Is Over review: one of Ireland’s most thrilling bands are reborn with one of 2025’s best records”. Louder. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  17. ^ a b Schlüter, Jörn (26 September 2025). “Sprints, All That Is Over“. Rolling Stone (in German). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  18. ^ a b Donelson, Marcy (26 September 2025). “All That Is Over Review”. AllMusic. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  19. ^ Aalberts, Hester (26 September 2025). “Recensie: Sprints – All That Is Over“. Oor (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  20. ^ “Top 100 Rock & Metal Albums de la semaine 40, 2025” [Top 100 Rock & Metal Albums of Week 40, 2025] (in French). Syndicat National de l’Edition Phonographique. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  21. ^ “Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50”. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  22. ^ “Irish Independent Chart – Week 40 2025 – Week Ending 10 Oct 2025”. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 4 October 2025. Note: Select 03-Oct-25 on the date selector.
  23. ^ “Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100”. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  24. ^ “Official Albums Chart Top 100”. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  25. ^ “Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50”. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 October 2025.

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