Sweeping Promises – Shooting Shadows
On Friday, August 14th, Sub Pop Records will be unbearably full of themselves to release You Say I Romanticize, the crucial new album from Sweeping Promises.
Recorded over an 18-month period, You Say I Romanticize is a tribute to the chaos of creation and collaboration under shifting circumstances. Guitarist Caufield Schnug and bassist/vocalist Lira Mondal found and tested themselves in their combination tour house and recording studio in Kansas, annually working on dozens of albums from other bands, hosting tour stops, planning shows, and the like. After an immersive process of tracking and whittling down YSIR demos and carving out an idiosyncratic chamber-recording method for the album’s intentional wall-of-sound, the duo brought in touring drummer Spenser Gralla to play the songs as the band would on stage.
The album’s frenzied execution, akin to the group’s renowned live show, prevails most of all in Mondal’s exhilarating vocals. Whereas previously, you might have heard a growl here and there on certain Sweeping Promises tracks, the band’s formidable singer shouts, roars, hits all sorts of tricky notes, and shreds her throat all over the record. Hear for yourself on the debut single and pummeling opener “Shooting Shadows.”
You Say I Romanticize is now available for preorder on CD/LP/all DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop. LP preorders in the US at the Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the limited Loser Edition on Black and Yellow Confetti vinyl and preorders through Mega Mart Europe will receive the Loser Edition on Magenta vinyl (UK/EU). The limited Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store (all limited-vinyl colors available while stock lasts!)
You Say I Romanticize follows the release of their acclaimed 2023 album Good Living Is Coming for You, which Rolling Stone described as “…relentlessly catchy, gloriously low-fi punk.” GLICFY also appeared on Pitchfork, NPR, PASTE, and the BBC’s year-end lists, just to name a few.
Sweeping Promises recently announced North American headlining tour dates for the fall of 2026. The first leg begins on Wednesday, September 9th, in Oklahoma City, OK, and runs through September 27th in Denver, CO. The follow-up run begins on October 27th in Omaha, NE, and ends on November 18th in Nashville, TN.
SWEEPING PROMISES YOU SAY I ROMANTICIZE
NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR
Sat. Jun. 20 – Calgary, ON – Sled Island Music & Arts Festival
Wed. Sep. 09 – Oklahoma City, OK – Resonant Head
Thu. Sep. 10 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
Fri. Sep. 11 – Austin, TX – LEVITATION
Sat. Sep. 12 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
Tue. 15 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Wed. Sep. 16 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Thu. Sep. 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Sid The Cat Auditorium
Fri. Sep. 18 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
Sun. Sep. 20 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Tue. Sep. 22 – Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret
Wed. Sep. 23 – Seattle, WA – Baba Yaga
Fri. Sep. 25 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club Basement
Sat. Sep. 26 – Salt Lake City, UT – The DLC at Quarters
Sun. Sep. 27 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
Tue. Oct. 27 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown Front Room
Wed. Oct. 28 – St Paul, MN – Turf Club
Thu. Oct 29 – Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
Fri. Oct. 30 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Sat. Oct. 31 – Detroit, MI – Lager House
Tue. Nov. 03 – Toronto, ON – Monarch
Wed. Nov. 04 – Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa
Fri. Nov. 06 – Boston, MA – Deep Cuts
Sat. Nov. 07 – Boston, MA – Deep Cuts
Sun. Nov. 08 – Hamden, CT, Space Ballroom
Tue. Nov. 10 – New York, NY – Club 101
Wed. Nov. 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
Thu. Nov. 12 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Fri. Nov. 13 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
Sat. Nov. 14 – Richmond, VA – Cobra Cabana
Mon. Nov. 16 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook
Tue. Nov. 17 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Purgatory
Wed. Nov. 18 – Nashville, TN – DRKMTTR
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