SPRINTS - Need

What this video is

SPRINTS' 'Need' sits within the 2025 Irish post-punk resurgence — a broader guitar-band renaissance emanating from Dublin that includes Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, and Girl Band/Gilla Band. Released as the final pre-album single on 25 September 2025, 'Need' arrives from All That Is Over, SPRINTS' sophomore record on Sub Pop (North America) and City Slang (worldwide), produced by Daniel Fox of Gilla Band.…

Why it matters

Represents the maturation of 2020s Irish garage punk from scrappy DIY origins to internationally distributed, critically lauded rock: a direct continuation of the Dublin post-punk lineage. The video's hyper-edited, low-saturation aesthetic codifies a distinctly 2020s indie-punk visual vernacular —…

The director

Niamh Bryson is a Dublin-based filmmaker and fashion filmmaker who directed multiple videos in SPRINTS' All That Is Over album campaign, including confirmed credits for 'Descartes' and 'Better' (both 2025). She is also known for her work on The Wonder (2022)…