Yard act announce album Where's My Utopia? with new single and music video

Leeds punk rockers Yard Act have announced their sophmore album, Where’s My Utopia? out 1 March 2024 via Republic.

Accompanying the announcement is a new single and video titled ‘Dream Job’, which follows from this year’s standalone track ‘The Trench Coat Museum’.

 “In part, I was scrutinizing 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,” said frontman James Smith in a statement.

 “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,” he added.

The band was formed in September 2019 and has seen incredible success in the years since. Along with an EP released in 2021, they released their debut album The Overload to critical acclaim.

Praised for it’s politicised lyrics and raw, infectious sound, the record was shortlisted for the prestigious Mercury Prize upon its release.

Yard act will also be touring in support of their new record, with a date scheduled at Dublin’s Vicar Street on 20 March 2024, the second time the band will have played at the venue in two years.

For more information on dates and tickets click here.