Yard Act “ The Overload - Yard Act “ The Overload

Released: 21/01/22 - Green vinyl repress due 09/09/22

Leeds outfit Yard Act's debut album The Overloadis a record of great dexterity and curation, the output of a band who were raised on a 00s digital-revolution buffet of wide musical influences. Growing up on US MTV Hip-Hop, minimal 70s No-Wave and sharp-witted British indie, Yard Act benefit from this rich tapestry of musical near-history, using it to create something that feels like more than a trendy pastiche.

Pulling off a debut album in a pandemic isn't easy, but somehow, Yard Act have made it work. Recording with Ali Chant (PJ Harvey, Perfume Genius, Aldous Harding) at his Bristol studio, those prolific demos have been sharpened down into something that speaks to the times we live in, creating a statement of intent that survives on nuance “ a record of retro influences, recorded in a modern way, that manages to poke fun at society without punching down from a place of lefty superiority.The Overloadis a political record, but in the same way that all great observations of human nature are “ a messy, complex, knowingly hypocritical snapshot of our current state of play.