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Yard Act are a British rock band from Leeds, West Yorkshire, composed of James Smith (vocals, lyrics), Ryan Needham (bass), Sam Shipstone (guitar) and Jay Russell (drums). Their debut album, The Overload, was released on 21 January 2022 and debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart.
After a backstage bust-up with bassist Ryan Needham, Smith was quickly able to re-evaluate “what was at stake” for the group’s future. Yard Act (Picture: Aaron Parsons/Rolling Stone UK)
14. Jan. 2022 · The band – completed by Ryan Needham (bass), Sam Shjipstone (guitar) and Jay Russell (drums) – contort themselves into a grand doorway, drawing bemused and disapproving looks from passing locals....
Frontman James Smith and bassist Ryan Needham meet with Roisin O’Connor to talk about playing with northern stereotpyes, songwriting, and how they wrong-footed the music industry
- Roisin O'connor
Yard Act is the brainchild of Smith and bandmate Ryan Needham, who both previously appeared in other bands on the Leeds scene - Post War Glamour Girls and Menace Beach respectively. After a...
7. März 2024 · They’re ace, top, mint, boss - they’re Yard Act! Ahead of their forthcoming return to Rock City, we spoke to bassist Ryan Needham and discussed blowing up, working with Elton John and the new album Where’s My Utopia?
Yard Act formed in Leeds in September 2019 when Ryan Needham found himself temporarily living in James Smith’s spare bedroom. Settling into a system of programming, looping and layering, the alchemy between the two created a base from which to build their complex and ever expanding narrative world.
