Yard Act announce a new live performance series, the Live From Utopia sessions. Filmed live recordings of “Dream Job” and “A Vineyard For The North” are up for streaming now, and the full six track session will be live May 16th via Yard Act’s Youtube page. The Live From Utopia sessions were created by Yard Act and British director Jas Humby of Molten Jets. The animated, otherworldly set was built with the band’s album, Where’s My Utopia?. The album was co-produced alongside Gorillaz’s Remi Kabaka Jr.

Yard Act on the set build for the Live From Utopia sessions: “Washed up on a tropical island by mistake. It was a party but we were the only ones there, apart from the sea, which was clapping and cheering us on the whole time. Never gonna give it up!” Director Jas Humby further states: “James’ lyrics are a treasure trove for music video ideas, I had to massively rein it in to create the kind of straight-up live performance they were after. I thought it would be fun to blend this old school DIY set build approach with modern cutting-edge technology. The album cover creator Thomas Robinson was heavily involved, doing bespoke illustrations for both our theatrical paper foreground set by designer Lyndon Ogbourne, and the virtual environment. Our animation team at No Ghost animated the illusions and between them and our Unreal Engine operator, Simon Legrand, we were able to create the world you see the band performing in.”

The new live sessions land in advance of Yard Act’s forthcoming headline North American tour beginning later this month, their first North American tour behind Where’s My Utopia?. That will be followed by summer festival appearances across the UK and Europe before returning back to North America for an East Coast and Midwest headline tour this upcoming fall.

Yard Act Tour Dates

Thu. May 30 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
Fri. May 31 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater
Sat. June 1 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet’s
Mon. June 3 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium
Tue. June 4 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Thu. June 6 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Fri. June 7 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
Sat. June 8 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Wed. June 26 – Glastonbury, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
Fri. July 5 – Ewijk, NL @ Down the Rabbit Hole
Fri. July 26 – Oxfordshire, UK @ Truck Festival
Fri. July 26 – Sheffield, UK @ Tramlines
Fri. Aug. 2 – Derby, UK @ Y Not Festival
Sat. Aug. 3 – Leeds, UK @ Millenium Square
Wed. Aug. 7 – Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival
Thu. Aug. 8 – Rees, DE @ Haldern Pop
Sat. Aug. 10 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
Mon. Aug. 12 – Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival
Fri. Aug. 23 – Portsmouth, UK @ Victorious Festival
Thu. Aug. 29 – Málaga, ES @ Cala Mijas
Sun. Sept. 1 – Bristol, UK @ Forwards Festival
Wed. Oct. 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
Thu. Oct. 3 – Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
Fri. Oct. 4 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
Sat. Oct. 5 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
Mon. Oct. 7 – Toronto, ON @ Axis Club
Tue. Oct. 8 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
Thu. Oct. 10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Fri. Oct. 11 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Sat. Oct. 12 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Tue. Oct. 15 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Wed. Oct. 16 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
Thu. Oct. 17 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Sat. Oct. 19 – Mexico City, MX @ Foro Puebla

Order Where’s My Utopia? by Yard Act HERE