Yard Act's bass player, Ryan, talks about the theme and reasons behind their album The Overload -
"The record can be enjoyed if you don’t want to get bogged down in the message. There’s enough of the other stuff for you to enjoy, but I think the message is important. The division in this country, especially since Brexit and mainly fuelled by the right-wing media was crazy to watch. Such basic things you would learn about in school about propaganda or whatever were playing out before our eyes.”
“Everyone on the left thinks they’re right, the right think they can’t be wrong. In the end, everyone’s just shouting into the void in the middle and making no progress. I think what James has written here is saying ‘this isn’t getting anyone anywhere.’”