In 1994 (and at the age of 17), Jim Ward co-founded the iconic post-hardcore band At The Drive-In. The band released three critically acclaimed studio albums and several EPs before disbanding in 2001. From there, Ward went on to form Sparta (who released Trust The River last April). Ward has also released a slew of solo albums and fronts an alt-country project, Sleepercar. He lives in El Paso, Texas, with his wife, where they run a restaurant together. Along with the help of Incubus bassist Ben Kenney and Thursday drummer Tucker Rule, Ward takes his new record Daggers into some surprising and spectacular places. Written in isolation as a way to escape from the pandemic, Ward realized the songs that would become Daggers (self-described as his first solo rock record), and it’s some of his st...
