Two covers make up the new Yak single which is due for release on October 6th.
The lead track is their take on Dixie Nightingales’ All I Need Is Some Sunshine In My Life, while the b-side is a version of Wait And See by Lee Hazelwood. “A loved one departed and on the way out sent me this song, so we ended up recording a delirious version in the blistering heat of Perth,” frontman Oli Burslem remarks.
“I love the original Dixie Nightingales’ version, it reminds me of songs like Wendy Rene’s ‘After Laughter’, which I imagined was recorded in the same studio with maybe even the same people playing.”
Yak head out on a UK tour next month, starting at Green Door Store in Brighton on October 4th.
Tour dates:
October
4 – Brighton, Green Door Store
5 – Southampton, Loft
6 – Leicester, Cookie
7 – Stowmarket, John Peel Centre for Creative Arts
9 – Oxford, Bullingdon
10 – Hebden Bridge, Trades Club
12 – Wolverhampton, Newhampton Arts Centre
13 – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
14 – Manchester, Night and Day
16 – London, Village Underground
18 – Tunbridge Wells, Forum