Last month London-based trio Yak released their debut album ‘Alas Salvation’, produced by Pulp’s Steve Mackey, to a slew of glowing reviews. With Q describing the record as “rarely short of breath-taking” and The Guardian as “like being run over, but in a good way”, it seems fitting that the video for Yak’s new single ‘Use Somebody, directed by Douglas Hart of The Jesus and Mary Chain, features the band in a high-speed, crash-strewn chase around London in a hearse recently purchased by frontman Oli Burslem.
Watch the video for ‘Use Somebody’ below.
On the writing of ‘Use Somebody’, Oli explains:
“A few things were happening at the time we wrote it – a Malaysian airline went down and we were listening to Buddy Holly; we were also listening to The Stooges, and Steve Mackay the saxophone player had just died so we revisited a lot of the songs he played on. We realised how much we hadn’t gone off those records and how much of an influence they had been on us, so this is maybe a nod to those”.
Having earned a reputation as one of the UK’s most thrilling live bands, Yak have now announced their biggest headline shows to date for September and October (dates in bold) including a date at London’s Scala. These follow a string of European dates and two shows at Alexandra Palace with The Last Shadow Puppets.
Jun 7 Brighton Patterns
Jun 8 Guildford Boileroom
Jun 9 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
Jun 10 Isle Of Wight Festival
Jun 24 Glastonbury Festival
Jun 27 Cologne E-Werk w/Last Shadow Puppets
Jun 28 Dresden Schlachtlof w/Last Shadow Puppets
Jun 30 Marmande Garorock Festival
Jul 2 Belfort Eurockeennes
Jul 4 Montreux Jazz Festival
Jul 5 Ferrara Piazza Castello w/Last Shadow Puppets
Jul 6 Milan Alcatraz w/Last Shadow Puppets
Jul 7 Lyon Les Nuits De Fourviere
Jul 9 Liverpool Calling, UK
Jul 10 Manchester Castlefield Bowl w/Last Shadow Puppets
Jul 12 Bridlington Spa w/Last Shadow Puppets
Jul 13 Bournemouth BIC w/Last Shadow Puppets
Jul 15 London Alexandra Palace w/Last Shadow Puppets
Jul 16 London Alexandra Palace w/Last Shadow Puppets
Jul 29 Pikehall Y Not Festival
Jul 30 Standon Calling Festival
Aug 13 Haldern Pop Festival
Aug 14 Pescara Rock Your Head Festival
Aug 23 Berlin Columbiahalle w/ The Last Shadow Puppets
Sept 2 Gdansk Soundrive festival
Sep 29 Witloof Bar, Brussels
Sep 30 La Cartonnerie, Reims
2 Oct La Temps Machine, Tours, France
4 Oct La Maroquinerie, Paris, France
5 Oct La Romandie, Lausanne, Switzerland
6 Oct Klaus, Zurich, Switzerland
7 Oct Sarraglio, Milan, Italy
8 Oct Covo Club, Bologna, Italy
10 Oct Orange House (Kranhalle), Munich, Germany
11 Oct Flex Café, Vienna, Austria
12 Oct Klub 007, Prague, Czech Republic
13 Oct Privatclub, Berlin, Germany
15 Oct V11, Rotterdam, Netherlands
16 Oct ACU, Utrecht, Netherlands
19th Oct Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, UK
20th Oct Think Tank, Newcastle, UK
21st Oct Broadcast, Glasgow, UK
24th Oct Picture House Social Club, Sheffield, UK
25th Oct Dublin Academy 2, Dublin, UK
26th Oct O2 Academy2, Liverpool, UK*
27th Oct Scala, London, UK
Yak are: Oli Burslem (vocals/guitar/organ), Andy Jones (bass/vocals) and Elliot Rawson (drums/vocals)
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