Effigy presents SPARTA plus special guests HAMMOCK live Downstairs at The Dome

Sparta are back, with their all new, sixth album, ‘Cut a Silhouette’, and London headline show. Jim Ward has of course cut plenty of silhouettes, first as a vital member of pioneering post-hardcore outfit, At The Drive In, then as frontman of Sparta, as well as a handful of solo releases.

Now, in 2026, the band is completed by bassist Matt Miller and drummer, Neil Hennessy. They have made a record that’s a culmination of the perfectly imperfect chemistry that flows between them. ‘Cut a Silhouette’ is a collision of past & present, that builds off their legacy, but equally continues their evolution. This is pure, unadulterated Sparta.