Yard Act @ Hammersmith Apollo, London: Photos

Yard Act bring their UK tour to London.

Yard Act were at the Hammersmith Apollo last night (March 27th) as part of the touring behind their recently released second album Where’s My Utopia?.

It was the second time we’ve caught them on this run after last weekend’s gig at the O2 Academy in Bristol.

“Not allowing the audience an instant to process this new look, Smith leads his crew straight into the fusion of rap and calypso pop that is An Illusion, which precedes the Brexit-berating, Andy Gill-indebted Dead Horse from the debut album,” our review reads.

“It sets a precedent for the evening: aware, perhaps, that some of the old guard may not appreciate their new direction, a track from The Overload or earlier is never far away.”

Perhaps owing to a bigger venue, or more likely because of Yard Act’s growing chops as a live act, the older material is evolving too. The keys on Pour Another are accentuated to give it an ‘Imperial-era’ Stones feel, The Overload itself has been super-charged and Fixer Upper throbs and vibrates around the venue.

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