Yard Act, The Overload

In just 18 months, Yard Act have gone from an unknown post-punk band from Leeds, UK to being a major label recorded band with debut album that is expected to enter the UK charts at number one this week. Not too bad. 

Since the band released their first single, Fixer Upper, there has been a great buzz around them. Yard Act has seemed to have struck a nerve as lead singer James Smith and the band confront everyday life in a post-Brexit Britain with their acid tongue lyrics and post-punk funk sound. 

Now, a little less then two years since the forming, Yard Act give the people much more of what they want; a full length album of blunt, bruising, compassionate, and witty songs that touch on class identity, gentrification, consumerism, cancel culture, and general discontentment. Combined with their 'skittery-but-muscular post-punk funk' sound: 'punchy disco drums, stabbing, guitar, and melodies driven by the bass that tend to resolve into memorable choruses' (The Guardian), the band land a one-two punch. The Overload is a super debut album that I have been thoroughly enjoying and it is one that should set Yard Act on a trajectory to great success.