Life Comes Creeping Back: An Interview With Sweeping Promises

Good living is coming for them: Sweeping Promises (Photo by Shawn Brackbill) Thanks for reading, please subscribe to RIOTRIOT so I can do more of these! Sweeping Promises is far from married couple Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug's first band, but they've galvanized the scene in Lawrence, Kansas enough to ripple way outside of it. Their previous albumGood Living Is Coming for Youended up onPitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2023list, earned them a stintopening for Bikini Killthat led me to them if not quite their lo-fi recordings just yet, and a deal with Sub Pop that brings us toYou Say I Romanticize, one ofthe year's most thrilling rock albums.