A couple of years ago, Yard Act released their sophomore effort, Where’s My Utopia? The British post-punk band is back to today to announce its followup, You're Gonna Need A Little Music. The confrontational, anthemic lead single "Redeemer" is here now.
"I think the album is about multiple realities and how individualism has led us, in the modern world, to question if there even is a shared reality anymore because everyone just believes what they want now," says frontman James Smith. The LP is the first one the group made together in the same room, as Where’s My Utopia? and The Overload were "laptop records essentially," according to Smith. It was recorded between Leeds and Los Angeles with producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Nine Inch Nails, Beck). Check out "Redeemer" below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Empty Pledges"
02 "New Beginnings"
03 "Tall Tales"
04 "Fiction"
05 "You're Gonna Need A Little Music"
06 "Cherophobe Rock"
07 "Thrill Of The Chase"
08 "Janey Said"
09 "Redeemer"
10 "Talky Talky People"
11 "Over The Barrel"
TOUR DATES:
06/03 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/11 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound Porto
06/11 – Hradec Králové, CZ @ Rock for People
06/14 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
07/02 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
08/05 – San Diego, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
08/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
08/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
08/09 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
08/10 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
08/11 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
08/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
08/14 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
08/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
08/16 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
10/01 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale
10/02 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
10/03 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
10/05 – Cologne, DE @ Gloria-Theater
10/07 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich
10/08 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller Music Hall
10/09 – Stockholm, SE @ Kägelbanan
10/10 – Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA
10/12 – Warsaw, PL @ NIEBO
10/13 – Prague, CZ @ MeetFactory
10/14 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
10/16 – Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks
10/17 – Milan, IT @ Magazzini Generali
10/18 – Toulouse, FR @ La Cabane
10/20 – Barcelona, ES @ Sala Apolo
10/21 – Madrid, ES @ Teatro Eslava
10/23 – Lisbon, PT @ Cineteatro Capitólio
11/06 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Leeds
11/07 - Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy
11/10 – Newcastle, UK @ NX
11/11 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
11/12 – Sheffield, UK @ Octagon Centre
11/13 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
11/15 – Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Hall
11/16 – Leicester, UK @ O2 Academy
11/17 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
11/18 – Cambridge, UK @ Junction 1
11/20 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy
11/21 – Bristol, UK @ Bristol Beacon
11/23 – Plymouth, UK @ Plymouth Pavillions
11/24 – Southampton, UK @ O2 Guildhall
11/26 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
You're Gonna Need A Little Music is out 7/17 via Republic. Pre-order it here.
