Albums Of The Week: Sweeping Promises | You Say I Romanticize

Sweeping Promises: You Say I Romanticize

On its third album, the Kansas-by-way-of-Boston duo adds a growly, gritty new density to its airtight art-punk songs.

Sweeping Promises, 'You Say I Romanticize' Review

There’s something so refreshing about Sweeping Promises. A Kansas-based two-piece, Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug specialize in short, sharp slices of punk-inflected garage-pop. Their first two albums cut through the pandemic-induced uncertainty of early-2020s US underground music almost by sheer force of will, their hooks too insistent and their performances too committed to be ignored. On You Say I Romanticize, we pretty much get more of the …

Albums Of The Week: Sweeping Promises | You Say I Romanticize

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sweeping Promises’ introduction to the global punk underground came with their 2020 debut album Hunger For A Way Out. In 2023, they followed up with the acclaimed Good L…

Sweeping Promises Shed Lo-Fi Skin On Loud & Expansive 'You Say I Romanticize' (ALBUM REVIEW) - Glide Magazine

Sweeping Promises is made up of the duo of Caufield Schnug (guitar and production) and Lira Mondal (bass and vocals). Formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2019, they found critical success with the release of their debut record Hunger for a Way Out (2020). After relocating to Lawrence, Kansas, the band settled into a life of producing, recording, and touring from a home that serves as both a clubhouse and a recording studio. Now, three years afte…