LP - Sweeping Promises - You Say I Romanticize

1LP - indie coloured vinyl 

Sweeping Promises' Sub Pop debut "You Say I Romanticize" is a fiery, anthemic album packed with remarkably immediate and irresistible punk rock. The album follows the band's acclaimed 2023 sophomore album "Good Living Is Coming For You", which made Album of the Year lists for Pitchfork, NPR, Paste, and BBC, just to name a few. The big theme of "You Say I Romanticize" is hinted at in its title.

Coming from a lyric sung on album closer "Write Lightly" - a narrative about the importance of self-expression in writing being scrubbed away by "professional" concerns - many of the characters singer/bassist Lira Mondal fleshed out here are outcasts, marginalized by society and turned into fanatics for a cornucopia of specific causes. The visceral songwriting on "You Say I Romanticize" features an equally visceral musical approach. Sweeping Promises brought live drummer Spenser Gralla into the recording sessions to give the songs a similar urgency to their live show. The frenzy of its execution also materializes in Mondal's vocal performances. A shadow side exists along with Sweeping Promises' love of their artistic community - borne of weirdos channeling their "outcast" status into vibrant art and punk rock music.