It’s the return of Lend Me a Band, our music recommendation feature. For the uninitiated the premise is this: we ask a band or artist to suggest another band or artist that we should listen to, who then suggest another band or artist that we should listen to, who then suggest ano … well, you get the gist.
Kicking things off are Yard Act, the Leeds post-punkers (pictured above) who broke through in 2022 with their debut The Overload, full of pithy state of the nation lyrics and urgent, stabbing guitar lines. Maybe post-punkers is a bit of an outdated description now, because their new album Where’s My Utopia sees them branch out pretty dramatically. There are hints of Gorillaz (perhaps unsurprisingly, given Gorillaz member Remi Kabaka Jr co-produced it) and the Beta Band in their wide-ranging sound, taking in electro, krautrock, disco and lots more.
