YARD ACT The Overload (2022 UK limited edition Artist Webstore exclusive 11-track LP pressed on 'Tall Poppies' Red & Black Vinyl - Pulling off a debut album in a pandemic isnt easy, but somehow, Yard Act have made it work. Recording with Ali Chant at his Bristol studio, The Overload is a political record, but in the same way that all great observations of human nature are a messy, complex, knowingly hypocritical snapshot of our currentstate of play. Including the singles Land Of The Blind, Payday, 100% Endurance, the title track and more. Complete with its picture inner and lyric printed insert, the picture sleeve has been autographed by all four members and the eye-catching vinyl shows the odd cosmetic paper mark and minimal signs of play)

TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
A1. The Overload
A2. Dead Horse
A3. Payday
A4. Rich
A5. The Incident
A6. Witness
B1. Land Of The Blind
B2. Quarantine The Sticks
B3. Tall Poppies
B4. Pour Another
B5. 100% Endurance

The Overload is 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.

While time-travelling in parts sonically, The Overload weaves a very-2021 storyline. The group made the decision early on to leave Fixer Upper and Dark Days off their album debut (it sounds arrogant, but we felt we had enough good songs without em), but the joyous specificity of their early lyrical observation is still in fine evidence, plotting a visceral, satirical journey through capitalism and greed. Across the albums 11 tracks, an unnamed character a bricolage of characters that Smith has met, imagined, or himself been finds himself in quite the financial pickle, ricocheting from desk job to desperate illicit activity to police investigation, before culminating in the kind of half-cut personal epiphany that even the most law-abiding among us could relate to. Bookended by cheeky cameos from Fixer Uppers' Graeme and a clear structure of four parts, there is no getting around it Yard Act have written a soap opera.

Pulling off a debut album in a pandemic isnt 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 Overload is 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.

Artist - Yard Act (click link for complete listing)
Title - The Overload (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release - 2022
Original Year of Release - 2022
Format - vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label - Zen F.C. / Island
Catalogue No - ZENFC006LP (click link for more)
Country of Origin - United Kingdom (UK)
Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info - Deleted, Picture Sleeve, Autographed
Barcode - 602438649389
Condition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No - 5E-LPTH874268
Alternative Names - Yardact,The Yard Act.
Related Artists - Treeboy & Arc.

GENRES
Indie, Rock.

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