Cut A Silhouette

It all started with John Candy. Some 31 years after the comedians death, Jim Ward was watching a documentary about him, and in it Macaulay Culkinwho had starred in a number of films with the late actorsaid something that really stuck with the musician.

So much so, infact, that, after months of pondering and overthinking what Spartas sixth full-length album would be named, Ward decided that those very wordscut a silhouetteshould be the title.

He said that when he met John Candy, he just entered your brain and cut a silhouette, says Ward. Like, he just left an impression is the way I see it. And when I heard him say that, I was like ‘Oh! Thats what I want this record to be. I want it to leave an impression. At this point in my career, that’s what I yearn for. I’m working so hard to make something meaningful to me,and I really want people to get a chance to feel it as well.