Sprints show "the frustration of a generation stuck in ‘wait mode’ while everything burns" on ominous single 'Trickle Down'

NewsMusic News Sprints show “the frustration of a generation stuck in ‘wait mode’ while everything burns” on ominous single ‘Trickle Down’ The single follows up the Dublin rockers' cover of Le Tigre's 'Deceptacon' By Emma Wilkes 8th March 2026 Sprints, 2026. CREDIT: tom Ham/PRESS Sprints have channelled “the frustration of a generation stuck in ‘wait mode’ while everything burns” on their new single ‘Trickle Down’ – check it out below. READ MORE: Sprints – ‘All That Is Over’ review: a newly controlled version of the incendiary Dublin rockers The new single follows their cover of Le Tigre‘s ‘Deceptacon’, which was their first release since their second album ‘All That Is Over’. Advertisement Over the ominous buzz of the guitar line, vocalist Karla Chubb mocks ideas of trickle down economics: “Has anyone tried to explain trickle down economics to you in a bar?/I’m just waiting, my whole life is waiting/I’m just waiting for pay but losing cents on inflation,” she says. Chubb even name checks Amyl and the Sniffers frontwoman Amy Taylor – “I think I wanna give up, I wanna be Amy Taylor.” Later, she turns her attention to the state of current politics: “They’re calling it free speech, it’s free hate, racism disguised as nationalism/A home that’s a tax haven, house crisis, humanity crisis.” “Trickle Down is about watching systems fail in slow motion, housing crisis, rising costs, culture wars, climate collapse, and being told to stay patient,” the band said in a press release. “It’s the frustration of a generation stuck in ‘wait mode’ while everything burns.” Check it out below: Recommended NME gave ‘All That Is Over’ three stars, and said that while much of the experimentation and differentiation on this record was promising, “its weakness tends to be exposed on tracks that are more indebted to the Sprints formula. “Two driving and heavy tracks, ‘Descartes’ and ‘Need’, come one after another on the first side of the album. On these, the tumbling drums and piercing guitars feel held back by the more measured songwriting, and one may find themself longing for the pure, visceral, incendiary blasts that Sprints have previously done so well.” Sprints are currently on tour across Europe until mid-April. Their next show in the UK will be at Bearded Theory at Derby’s Catton Park at the end of May, and they will be headlining the inaugural Bulletproof Festival in London this June. The Dublin quartet will also be performing at this year’s 2000trees. Related TopicsRockSprints You May Also Like Advertisement TRENDING Harry Styles – ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally’ review: pop superstar lets the light in The Kooks to play The Great Escape 20th anniversary show presented by NME Christian Bale’s Frankenstein was inspired by Sid Vicious and Richey Edwards: “I’m a massive Manics fan” Chalk’s uncompromising dance-punk is fuelled by personal vulnerability and political questioning The biggest video game concerts you can’t miss in 2026 Advertisement More Stories Music News Jack White says “Taylor Swift way” of “writing about all of their publicly aired break-ups” is something he “doesn’t find interesting at all” Music News Check out the trailer for the new documentary about Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Hillel Slovak Music News The Who to release 2023 Eden Project orchestral show as live album Music News John Mayer launches Grateful Dead fan listening party in honour of late guitarist Bob Weir Music News Glassjaw announce one-off London headline show Film News Watch the poignant first trailer for Marianne Faithfull docudrama ‘Broken English’