Phoebe Fox
U.K. indie rock band Yard Act have shared details of their second album. Where’s My Utopia? will be released on March 1 and the band have confirmed a raft of west coast tour dates for 2024, too. "Dream Job," the first single from the album, is streaming below.
"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," Yard Act's James Smith said of "Dream Job" 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. It’s good and bad. I’m still glad that everything that happened to me happened."
Prior to their 2024 tour dates, Yard Act will be playing across North America next month. They start with a show in Brooklyn, New York on November 4. See below for all of their upcoming live dates.
The Overload, Yard Act's debut album, was released in January 2022. The band shared the stand-alone single "The Trench Coat Museum" in July.
Where's My Utopia? album artwork and tracklist
1 An Illusion
2 We Make Hits
3 Down by the Stream
4 The Undertow
5 Dream Job
6 Fizzy Fish
7 Petroleum
8 When the Laughter Stops [ft. Katy J Pearson]
9 Grifter’s Grief
10 Blackpool Illuminations
11 A Vineyard for the North
Yard Act live dates
November 4 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
November 5 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
November 6 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
November 7 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
November 9 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East
November 10 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
November 11 - New Orleans, LA - Toulouse Theatre
November 14 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
November 15 - Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Art Company
May 30 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
May 31 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater
June 1 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy and Harriet’s
June 3 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Atrium
June 4 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
June 6 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
June 7 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Rickshaw Theatre
June 8 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile