Sparta at Cypress – Reno, NV

Get your tickets to see Sparta in Reno, NV. Happening on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at Cypress. Doors open at 7:45 PM.

Tickets available locally at Recycled Records & Higher Elevation Smoke Shop(Incline Village)Bio: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 hes the central player. Its 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 bands first album since 2006s Threes.Of their absence Ward notes, Ive made a real point to never break up a band, mostly because if you look at my history its filled with on-and-off-again projects. As much as I can control it, I dont 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 them was Austin-based musician-producer, David Garza.Having been a member of heavy bands but also showcasing his more melancholic side via his solo work, Ward says the new Sparta album feels like the logical meeting point of his influences. Naturally its coming to this unity, he says. Those two worlds have always been on a path towards unity. And I knew in my heart that it was coming.

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