Yard Act: “We haven’t written our ‘Sex on Fire’ yet”
It's been a mad, breakout year so far for Yard Act. With a chart bothering debut album and a rep as one of the best live acts on the planet, we reconvened to check in on what's gone down.
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Vlure, Swim School, Malady and more kick of The Great Escape at Dork’s pier-end showcase
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside, oh we do like to be…100 metres out at sea?
Fontaines D.C.: “This album hasn’t been a squeeze to get out; it bled from us by necessity”
Fontaines D.C.’s ascent has been nothing short of stratospheric, but their third album ‘Skinty Fia’ might very well be their best yet.
Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
Fontaines D.C. have made their best album yet.
Yard Act – The Overload
We hope the rest of 2022's musical output is as good as this album.
Hype List 2022: Wet Leg: “I still don’t know what’s going on, we’ve only got two songs out”
From the moment their single ‘Chaise Longue’ landed, there was little doubt that Wet Leg were instantly elevated to buzz band status. What’s followed is anything but ordinary.
Sports Team might not be the underdogs anymore as they headline a sold-out O2 Brixton Academy
With Dork faves Wet Leg and Courting in tow, Sports Team might just have proved they belong with the big boys now.
Yard Act: “I reckon we’ll be fourth top of the main stage in 12 years’ time”
They've just announced their debut album 'The Overload' for next January. Yard Act are ready to make their move - just in their own individual way.
Wet Leg: “I keep looking at our schedule and waiting for someone to pinch me”
Need your musical muffin buttered? With quite probably the debut single of the year already on their scorecard, meet indie’s Next Big Thing™.
Insert your own ‘Sports Team are full of hot air’ jokes, as the self-proclaimed ‘best live band in the world’ prove they’ve got what it takes for a Main Stage slot at Reading 2021
There's a blimp, there's no guitar for the first two songs, and it's absolutely brilliant.