Sparta: Sparta (white vinyl, alternate cover, indie exclusive) [DINE ALONE]

Why you'll love it

This indie exclusive comes on white vinyl with alternate purple artwork made for the vinyl. Sparta's self-titled fourth album features Thursday's Geoff Rickly and Tucker Rule, plus Kayleigh Goldsworthy and Angelica Garcia, and Jim Ward called it "a starting point for the band."

This edition

• White vinyl
• Indie exclusive
• Alternate purple cover art for the vinyl
• 12 tracks across two sides

About the album

Twenty years after Wiretap Scars, Sparta named an album after themselves, and it plays like a reset. The band produced most of it on their own, and Jim Ward has said it was time to scrap some things, let go of baggage and forge a new path.

Friends fill out the sound: Thursday's Geoff Rickly and Tucker Rule, guitarist Michael James Adams, keyboardist Kenny Hopper, and singers Kayleigh Goldsworthy and Angelica Garcia. "Until The Kingdom Comes" is the big, sweeping centrepiece; "Kill The Man, Eat The Man" opens the album at a sprint.

Also at Kops: Wiretap Scars · Porcelain (2LP, iridescent vinyl) · Moneen: The Red Tree · the Dine Alone x Kops takeover · more punk

Tracklist

Listen

On Dine Alone Records (cat# DAV333EX1), first out in 2022.