SPRINTS - Better

What this video is

Released September 3, 2025, 'Better' is the fourth and final pre-release single from SPRINTS' sophomore album All That Is Over (City Slang / Sub Pop, September 26, 2025). It marks a deliberate sonic departure from the band's signature garage-punk aggression, drawing explicit inspiration from My Bloody Valentine's Loveless and Amyl and the Sniffers' 'Big Dreams.' The track was an old demo revived during the band's…

Why it matters

Represents a pivotal stylistic expansion within SPRINTS' catalog — from snarling garage punk toward shoegaze-inflected, emotionally textured indie rock. Situates the band within a broader 2020s post-punk revival that encompasses Dublin peers and international acts on Sub Pop and City Slang. The…

The director

Dublin-based Irish director, writer, and producer active in music video and short film. Two-time Kinsale Shark Award winner (2021) for music video work; recipient of a 2020 Vimeo Staff Pick. Credits include music videos for Malaki ('Nevermind'), Tomike…