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Yard Act's James Smith join Steve

Steve chats to the frontman of Leeds band Yard Act, James Smith.

Steve chats to Yard Act frontman James Smith. The Leeds band have been getting lots of attention across 6 Music thanks to singles like Dark Days, Peanuts and Fixer Upper, as well as their latest release The Overload. They're set to release their debut album, also called The Overload, in January and have just completed a UK tour.

And Steve has one last task for you before the end of the working day, suggested a song to suit a classic news story in The National Anthem.

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Thu 7 Oct 2021 16:00

Music Played

  • James

    She's a Star

    • Virgin.
  • Jordan Rakei

    Send My Love

    • Ninja Tune.
  • The Left Banke

    Pretty Ballerina

    • There's Gonna Be A Storm.
  • Frank Turner

    Haven't Been Doing So Well

  • Neneh Cherry

    Manchild

    • Now.
  • Villagers

    Circles In The Firing Line

    • Domino.
  • Fontaines D.C.

    Boys In The Better Land (6 Music Session, 10 April 2019)

  • The Clash

    Know Your Rights

    • The Clash: The Singles.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Rianne Downey

    Start Again

    • Fuel To The Flame EP.
    • Run On Records in assoc. with Modern Sky.
  • Disclosure

    In My Arms (Primavera, 2024)

    • Disclosure.
  • Marcia Griffiths

    Don't Let Me Down

    • Harry J Records.
  • TV Priest

    Lifesize

  • Johnny Marr

    Spirit, Power & Soul

    • New Voodoo Records.
  • The Cure

    The Love Cats

  • The White Stripes

    Hardest Button to Button

    • XL.
  • Gorillaz

    Meanwhile (feat. Jelani Blackman & Barrington Levy)

    • Parlophone.
  • Black Sabbath

    Planet Caravan

    • Paranoid.
    • Vertigo.
    • 3.
  • She Drew the Gun

    Behave Myself

    • Submarine Cat.
  • Otis Redding & Carla Thomas

    Tramp

    • Atlantic.
  • The Royal Belgian Conspiracy

    The Programming Is Wrong

    • Self-released.
  • UNKLE

    If We Dont Make It

    • UNKLE.
  • Gustaf

    Dog

    • Audio Drag for Ego Slobs.
    • Royal Mountain Records.
  • Dinosaur Jr.

    Freak Scene

    • Blast First.
  • David Holmes & Raven Violet

    Hope Is The Last Thing To Die

    • Heavenly Recordings.
  • Kings of Convenience

    成人快手sick

    • Riot On An Empty Street.
    • EMI Records.
  • Bessie Turner

    Rushing

    • Luna Sky.
  • Chali 2na

    Comin' Thru

    • Fish Outta Water.
    • Decon.
  • Weird Milk

    Make It Alone

  • EERA

    Ladder

    • Speak.
    • Just Dust Recordings.
  • Talking Heads

    Once In A Lifetime

    • EMI.
  • IDLES

    The Beachland Ballroom

    • Partisan.
  • Yard Act

    The Overload

    • Zen F.C..
  • Faithless

    Insomnia

    • CHEEKY RECORDS.
  • Menswear

    I'll Manage Somehow

    • The Menswear Collection: A-Sides And B-Sides: CD2.
    • Edsel Records.
    • 1.
  • Metronomy

    405 (feat. Biig Piig)

    • Because Music.
  • The Underdogs

    East of Dachau

    • Riot City Records.
  • Pa Salieu

    Style & Fashion (feat. Obongjayar)

    • Warner.
  • Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine

    Back To Oz

    • Asthmatic Kitty Records.
  • Tony Scott

    What Am I To Do

    • Trojan.
  • The Lounge Society

    Last Breath

    • Speedy Wunderground.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Oct 2021 16:00