Leeds’ own Mercury Prize‑nominated mischief‑makers Yard Act have confirmed two East Midlands dates on their upcoming UK tour, set to coincide with the release of their new album You’re Gonna Need A Little Music, landing this July.
The Yorkshire quartet will be making themselves loudly and unmistakably known with stops at Nottingham’s Rock City and Leicester’s O2 Academy, forming part of a 15‑date run that kicks off with a hometown show in early November.
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They hit Leicester on November 16, before rolling into Nottingham the following night.
The indie band yesterday (7) pulled the curtain back on their third studio LP, You’re Gonna Need A Little Music, arriving 17 July via Island Records, and shared its opening single ‘Redeemer’, complete with a suitably sharp‑edged video.
Sessions for the record were split between the band’s Leeds HQ and Los Angeles, with production handled by Justin Meldal‑Johnsen — the studio wizard known for work with Nine Inch Nails, Beck and St. Vincent.
“The first two records were both laptop records essentially,” frontman James Smith explains. Debut The Overload was pieced together with Ryan Needham before the band fully formed, while 2024’s Where’s My Utopia? was assembled in transit — tour buses, hotel rooms, and the odd frantic rehearsal‑space dump‑and‑run.
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This time, though, Yard Act carved out an “uninterrupted five‑month period” to write, generating “40 or 50 songs” and giving themselves the rare luxury of breathing room. “It felt like freedom,” Smith says. “It felt like everything I’d wanted from being in a band.”
Tracklist:
Empty Pledges
New Beginnings
Tall Tales
Fiction
You’re Gonna Need A Little Music
Cherophobe Rock
Thrill Of The Chase
Janey Said
Redeemer
Talky Talky People
Over The Barrel
Tickets go on pre-sale next Tuesday and more details can be found HERE
