Yard Act Confirm New Album 'You’re Gonna Need A Little Music,' Release New Song 'Redeemer'

Yard Act have announced their third album, You’re Gonna Need A Little Music , which will be out July 17 via Island. They made it with Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Wolf Alice), and it was recorded mostly live in studio between Leeds and Los Angeles.

“I think most bands’ best stuff comes around the 3rd or 4th album where they really outgrow their influences and become their own thing,” says frontman James Smith. Adds bassist Ryan Needham: “I keep saying, it’s like Blur. This is Parklife . The first album they were doing the genre-y thing; the second one was a kick against that but they didn’t really know what they were doing, and then they made Parklife , which was the perfect distillation of it all.”

You can feel the difference the writing and recording process brings with the first single, “Redeemer,” A smouldering bluesy number with levels bleeding into the red, this is the most rock Yard Act have ever sounded. You can watch the video below.

Yard Act will be on tour in North America this summer, playing Brooklyn’s Warsaw on August 13 . All dates are listed below.

You’re Gonna Need A Little Music

Empty Pledges

New Beginnings

Tall Tales

Fiction

You’re Gonna Need A Little Music

Cherophobe Rock

Thrill Of The Chase

Janey Said

Redeemer

Talky Talky People

Over The Barrel

Yard Act – 2026 Tour Dates

10/05/2026 Brudenell Social Club Leeds, United Kingdom

03/06/2026 Primavera Sound 2026 Barcelona, Spain

11/06/2026 Primavera Sound Porto 2026 Porto, Portugal

11/06/2026 Rock for People 2026 Hradec Králové 7, Czechia

14/06/2026 Best Kept Secret 2026 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands

02/07/2026 Rock Werchter 2026 Werchter, Belgium

05/08/2026 Belly Up Solana Beach, United States

06/08/2026 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, United States

07/08/2026 Outside Lands 2026 San Francisco, United States

09/08/2026 Revolution Hall Portland, United States

10/08/2026 Neptune Theatre Seattle, United States

11/08/2026 The Pearl Vancouver, Canada

13/08/2026 Warsaw Brooklyn, United States

14/08/2026 Black Cat Washington, United States

15/08/2026 Underground Arts Philadelphia, United States

16/08/2026 The Sinclair Cambridge, United States

01/10/2026 La Cigale Paris, France

02/10/2026 Ancienne Belgique Bruxelles, Belgium

03/10/2026 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands

05/10/2026 Gloria-Theater Köln, Germany

07/10/2026 Uebel & Gefährlich Hamburg, Germany

08/10/2026 Rockefeller Music Hall Oslo, Norway

09/10/2026 Kägelbanan Stockholm, Sweden

10/10/2026 VEGA København, Denmark

12/10/2026 NIEBO Warszawa, Poland

13/10/2026 MeetFactory Prague, Czech Republic

14/10/2026 Festsaal Kreuzberg Berlin, Germany

16/10/2026 Les Docks Lausanne, Switzerland

17/10/2026 Magazzini Generali Milan, Italy

18/10/2026 La Cabane Toulouse, France

20/10/2026 Sala Apolo Barcelona, Spain

21/10/2026 Teatro Eslava Madrid, Spain

23/10/2026 Cineteatro Capitólio Lisboa, Portugal

06/11/2026 O2 Academy Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom

07/11/2026 O2 Academy Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom

10/11/2026 NX Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

11/11/2026 Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow, United Kingdom

12/11/2026 Octagon Centre Sheffield, United Kingdom

13/11/2026 O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom

15/11/2026 Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

16/11/2026 O2 Academy Leicester Leicester, United Kingdom

17/11/2026 Rock City Nottingham, United Kingdom

18/11/2026 Cambridge Junction Cambridge, United Kingdom

20/11/2026 O2 Academy Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom

21/11/2026 Bristol Beacon Bristol, United Kingdom

23/11/2026 Plymouth Arena Plymouth, United Kingdom

24/11/2026 O2 Guildhall Southampton Southampton, United Kingdom

26/11/2026 O2 Academy Brixton London, United Kingdom

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/yard-act-announce-new-album-share-redeemer/)._