Sparta, Ronker — live event
This now sold out. Extra show added on 9 July. Effigy presents: SPARTA - https://www.instagram.com/spartaband/ When it comes to his long and fruitful career in music, Jim Ward is not guided by vanity or money or some grand narrative in which he’s the central player. It’s all about the song, the melody, the lyric. So in late-2017, when he began making heavier, more riff-laden music, he rang his Sparta bandmate of more than 20 years, bassist Matt Miller, and began work on Trust The River, the band’s first album since 2006’s Threes. Of their absence Ward notes, “I’ve made a real point to never break up a band, mostly because if you look at my history it’s filled with on-and-off-again projects. As much as I can control it, I don’t want there to be permanence.” Making the album was a multi-month songwriting process that culminated in some of the most inspired recording sessions of his career, with help from Miller and drummer Cully Symington, and guitarist Gabriel Gonzalez. Also joining the
Starts: 2025-07-10T19:45:00Z
Ends: 2025-07-10T21:45:00Z
Where: 22 Blenheim Gardens, England SW2 5BZ, United Kingdom
Price: $26.61