Post-hardcore outfit Sparta‘s new studio album “Cut A Silhouette” has arrived, and so too has a music video for the song “Without Your Hands“. That clip sports direction from Travis Shinn and is now airing below. Jim Ward (ex-At The Drive In) fronts that outfit and had the following to say about this latest track to be given the spotlight:
“I want to tell my partner how she has held me up, how I strive to get there. It is optimism, both lyrically and musically. I always wake up optimistic, and this feels like a comfortable song to me. This is a morning song.”
As for the title to this record, Ward cribbed it from a documentary on late comedian/actor John Candy, honing in on a line Candy‘s then child co-star Macaulay Culkin said in remembrance of the Canadian comedic great:
“He said that when he met John Candy, he just entered your brain and cut a silhouette. Like, he just left an impression is the way I see it. And when I heard him say that, I was like ‘Oh! That’s what I want this record to be.’ I want it to leave an impression.”
You can decide for yourself now if Ward was successful in his attempts of leaving such an impression. As for live plans, the outfit will be playing the following shows across the coming months.
06/03 Santa Fe, NM – The Marigold Room
06/04 Colorado Springs, CO – What’s Left Records
With The Toadies:
06/05 Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
06/06 Salt Lake City, UT – The Grand Theatre
06/07 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
06/09 Seattle, WA – Showbox
06/10 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
06/12 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
06/13 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
06/14 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
06/16 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
06/17 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Sparta:
07/01 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street
07/02 Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
07/03 Des Moines, IA – xBk Live
07/04 Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
07/05 Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle Brewing Co.
07/07 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
07/08 Little Rock, AR – Stickyz Rock’n’Roll Chicken Shack
07/09 New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa
07/10 Houston, TX – The End
07/11 San Antonio, TX – The Rock Box
08/10 Bakersfield, CA – Jerry’s Pizza & Pub
08/14 Rio de Janeiro, BRA – Casa da Glória
08/15 São Paulo, BRA – Burning House
08/16 Buenos Aires, ARG – Club Cultural Bula
08/18 Santiago, CHL – Club Ambar
08/19 Lima, PER – Yield Rock
08/21 San José, CRI – Amon Solar
08/22 Mexico City, MEX – Hendrix Bar
09/09 Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater (feat. Jimmy Eat World)
09/10 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory (feat. Jimmy Eat World)
09/12 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
09/13 Durham, NC – Stanczyks
09/14 Washington, DC – Pearl Street Warehouse
09/16 Philadelphia, PA – Warehouse on Watts
09/17 Ridgewood, NY – TV Eye
09/18 Medford, MA – Deep Cuts
09/19 Portland, ME – Portland House of Music and Events
09/20 Hamden CT – Space Ballroom
09/22 Rochester, NY – Bug Jar
09/23 Pittsburgh, PA – Bottlerocket Social Hall
09/24 Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s
09/26 Hamtramck, MI – Small’s
09/27 Newport, KY – Southgate House Revival
10/23 Gainesville, FL – The FEST
With Hammok:
10/04 Dublin, IRE – Sound House
10/06 Bristol, UK – Croft
10/07 Manchester, UK -Yes
10/08 Nottingham, UK – Rock City Beta
10/10 Glasgow, UK – Stereo
10/11 Huddersfield, UK – Parish
10/12 Birmingham, UK – Castle & Falcon
10/13 London, UK – Downstairs At The Dome
10/14 Brighton, UK – Patterns
10/15 St Albans, UK – The Horn
10/17 Paris, FRA – Petit Bain
10/18 Arnhem, NET – Willemeen
10/19 Cologne, GER – Garagen
10/20 Berlin, GER – Neue Zukunft
10/21 Hamburg, GER – Betty
10/22 Kortrijk, BEL – Wilde Western
