Yard Act Announce Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song “Dream Job”: Watch

The Leeds band Yard Act have announced a 2024 tour and their new album, Where’s My Utopia? The album arrives March 1 via Republic, and the tour kicks off March 13. The band begins in Europe and then has dates lined up across the North American West Coast. Check out the video for the lead single, “Dream Job,” which follows this year’s non-album standalone track “The Trench Coat Museum” and debut LP The Overload.

In a statement, Yard Act’s vocalist, James Smith, referred to “Dream Job” as “an apt introduction to the themes explored on Where's My Utopia?—though not all encompassing.” He continued:

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. 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.

Last year, Yard Act collaborated with Elton John on a new version of The Overload’s “100% Endurance.”

Yard Act: Where’s My Utopia?

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Where’s My Utopia?:

01 An Illusion
02 We Make Hits
03 Down by the Stream
04 The Undertow
05 Dream Job
06 Fizzy Fish
07 Petroleum
08 When the Laughter Stops [ft. Katy J Pearson]
09 Grifter’s Grief
10 Blackpool Illuminations
11 A Vineyard for the North

Yard Act:

11-02 Reykjavík, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves
11-04 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
11-05 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
11-06 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
11-07 Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
11-09 Nashville, TN - The Basement East
11-10 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
11-11 New Orleans, LA - Toulouse Theatre
11-14 Austin, TX - Mohawk
11-15 Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Art Company
11-17 Mexico City, Mexico - Corona Capital Festival
12-02 Bangkok, Thailand - Maho Rasop Festival
12-03 Hong Kong, China - Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival
12-05 Osaka, Japan - Shangri-La
12-07 Tokyo, Japan - Club Quattro
03-13 Norwich, England - The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA
03-14 Nottingham, England - Rock City
03-15 Glasgow, Scotland - O2 Academy
03-16 Manchester, England - O2 Apollo
03-17 Newcastle, Northern Ireland - Northumbria University
03-19 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Mandela Hall
03-20 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
03-22 Liverpool, England - Invisible Wind Factory
03-23 Bristol, England - O2 Academy
03-25 Brighton, England - The Dome
03-27 London, England - Eventim Apollo
04-04 Nantes, France - Stereolux
04-05 Paris, France - Cabaret Sauvage
04-06 Bordeaux, France - Rock School Barbey
04-08 Lisbon, Portugal - Lisboa ao Vivo
04-09 Madrid, Spain - Mon
04-11 Barcelona, Spain - La 2
04-12 Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur
04-13 Bologna, Italy - Locomotiv Club
04-14 Milan, Italy - Santeria Toscana 31
04-16 Zurich, Switzerland - Mascotte
04-17 Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
04-18 Berlin, Germany - Festsaal Kreuzberg
04-20 Stockholm, Sweden - Slaktkyrkan
04-24 Hamburg, Germany - Uebel & Gefährlich
04-25 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Main Hall
04-26 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
04-27 Cologne, Germany - Kantine
04-28 Brussels, Belguim - Les Nuits Botanique
05-30 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
05-31 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater
06-01 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy and Harriet’s
06-03 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Atrium
06-04 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
06-06 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
06-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rickshaw Theatre
06-08 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
08-03 Leeds, England - Millenium Square

Yard Act: Live in the USA

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