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| Released | September 26, 2025 | |||
| Length | 38:29 | |||
| Label | City Slang, Sub Pop | |||
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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. [1] [2] It features the single "Descartes" and received favorable ratings from multiple publications. [3] [4] [5]
The album was preceded by the band's debut release, Letter to Self . [6] "Descartes" was released as the lead single on 24 June 2025, [7] alongside a music video directed by Niamh Bryson. [3] 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." [8]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 7/10 [9] |
| DIY |  [10] |
| Dork | [5] |
| God Is in the TV | 9/10 [11] |
| Hot Press | 8.5/10 [12] |
| The Independent |  [13] |
| Kerrang | 5/5 [14] |
| Louder |  [15] |
| Rolling Stone | [16] |
| The Skinny | [4] |
The album received generally positive ratings from multiple publications. [12] [17]
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. [12] 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." [15]
Hester Aalberts of Oor compared the album to its predecessor, noting that "in terms of unsharpened explosiveness Letterto Self wins, but All That Is Over is more accessible and layered." [18] 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." [16] 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 Letterto Self, Sprints continue to be a vessel for clever driven punk music." [9]
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. [10] 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." [5] 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." [14]
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." [11] 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." [17] 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." [4] 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." [13]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 | |