Yard Act have announced their second album, 'Where's My Utopia?', and a huge show at Leeds' Millenium Square
Check out their new single 'Dream Job'.
Yard Act have announced their second album, 'Where's My Utopia?'.
The album will be released on 1st March preceded by the single 'Dream Job', and accompanied by a new Leeds show at Millenium Square on 3rd August.
Speaking about ‘Dream Job’, James Smith says: “‘Dream Job’ feels like an apt introduction to the themes explored on Where's My Utopia? - though not all encompassing. In part I was scrutinising and mocking myself for being a moaning ungrateful little brat, whilst also trying to address how the music industry is this rather uncontrollable beast that hurtles forward unthinkingly and every single person involved in it plays their part. Myself included, obviously. As with pretty much everything else going through my head last year, trying to find the right time to articulate the complexity of emotions I was feeling and the severity to which I was feeling them couldn't be found - or accommodated, so instead I tried to capture it in a pop song that lasts less than three minutes once the fog had cleared a bit. It’s good and bad. I'm still glad that everything that happened to me happened.”
The band are also taking the album on the road in spring 2024. The dates include their biggest London headline show to date at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith on 27th March.
Check out the new single below.
The spring tour will visit:
MARCH
13 The Nick Rayns LCR (UEA), Norwich, UK
14 Rock City, Nottingham , UK
15 O2 Academy, Glasgow, UK
16 O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
17 Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
19 Mandela Hall, Belfast, UK
20 Vicar Street, Dublin, IE
22 Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool, UK
23 O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
25 The Dome, Brighton, UK
27 Eventim Apollo, London, UK
The album will be released on 1st March preceded by the single 'Dream Job', and accompanied by a new Leeds show at Millenium Square on 3rd August.
Speaking about ‘Dream Job’, James Smith says: “‘Dream Job’ feels like an apt introduction to the themes explored on Where's My Utopia? - though not all encompassing. In part I was scrutinising and mocking myself for being a moaning ungrateful little brat, whilst also trying to address how the music industry is this rather uncontrollable beast that hurtles forward unthinkingly and every single person involved in it plays their part. Myself included, obviously. As with pretty much everything else going through my head last year, trying to find the right time to articulate the complexity of emotions I was feeling and the severity to which I was feeling them couldn't be found - or accommodated, so instead I tried to capture it in a pop song that lasts less than three minutes once the fog had cleared a bit. It’s good and bad. I'm still glad that everything that happened to me happened.”
The band are also taking the album on the road in spring 2024. The dates include their biggest London headline show to date at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith on 27th March.
Check out the new single below.
The spring tour will visit:
MARCH
13 The Nick Rayns LCR (UEA), Norwich, UK
14 Rock City, Nottingham , UK
15 O2 Academy, Glasgow, UK
16 O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
17 Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
19 Mandela Hall, Belfast, UK
20 Vicar Street, Dublin, IE
22 Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool, UK
23 O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
25 The Dome, Brighton, UK
27 Eventim Apollo, London, UK