New Beginnings; Can It Get Any Better Than This?
Yard Act return with a new album and their latest single making them a ‘yard’ act to follow….
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@weronikazalewska2098
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
never had an issue with fender or whoever protecting their intellectual property, its a bit of a weird bandwagon people have joined with that.
@karlhamel5264
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Guitar sounds a bit John Squire/Sea Horses
@weronikazalewska2098
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Post punk just means middle class I think.
I have to say I find this song very pedestrian, the uninspired drum beat is what reminds me of the late 90s, but Id like to hear their other stuff. Guitarist is interesting as you say, but that main chord progression is the sort of thing you come up with when you just cant be bothered
@Ignik208
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Now that their third album is out, I'd say "New Beginnings" is the weakest song on it, and it's filled to the brim with bangers, no skips, all hits (and they're known for making those 😉)!
@RANDALL_MARS
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
The end reminds me of Oasis live with the Bootleg Beatles jamming the outro to I Am The Walrus.
@andytraverse
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Nothing like Oasis, it's more sophisticated than that. Very 60's inspired though.
@okalov
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Guitar solo reminds me a bit of Gareth Liddiard, like the solo in shark fin blues. A must listen song if you haven't heard it before, possibly best lyrics ever written.
@28harrison
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
"This next song is called Walking Through Fire, and I'm sure most of you have never heard of it"
Wrong Justin, its probably my favourite song off the new album and was hoping you'd play it at Knebworth, and it didn't disappoint!!!
Can't wait to see The Darkness in December!
@TheOldBassist
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Nah. Does nothing for me.
@cathyjoy9214
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
What the ? ………….. comments are saying they are great 'live' so maybe that's when they shine.
@struebz
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Album is great as a whole!
@Nine_One_Eight
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Supported The Hives in Madrid no one knew who they were. They stole the show great band live new album is amazing.
@sah-win
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
The Norf showing up again! Great track. Gave me more of a Beatles vibe than an Oasis one, but that could be because I’ve listened to The Beatles about a million times more🐶
@TheTobesOfHades
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Been watching their vids for a couple years. Great stuff.
@sues6944
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
The brass section at the end sounded like "A Day in the Life", the Beatles and not like that "other band" at all. Yes, lead vocalist put his hand behind his back while singing ugh, but no, this sounds much better, not whiny at all. I do hear a bit of the Verve too. Congratulations for having such a full week of musical mayhem, brilliant! 🎸
@Urbanforager
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
It does sound a bit like Beck in parts, blur, Oasis, and west coast. I like it.
@Urbanforager
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Your reverse engineering of a song is always impressive. Makes me dissect music I listen to now.
@JohnnyJohnsonRocks
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I love your channel, but ive come to a conclusion, and its nothing against you or your channel, I do understand how these things have to work, in order to keep the view count up and subscription number rising to make it a financially viable business model you need the content to be of a relevant nature, however I strongly believe that the relevance of artists being reviewed is entirely manufactured by labels throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. Yard Act are shit. Plain and simple, its not post punk, its nothing to do with punk, its just "post", a pedestrian shitwalk meandering around like a piss soaked dementia riddle old boy trying to figure out what the fuck its meant to be doing. Obviously your channel needs to cover relevant content but I question who is actually calling the shots on relevance, I fear shitty labels have infiltrated the "underground" or maybe even created an alternative underground they control and push as relevant sucking you in to promote the shite they're Peddling, its unexciting bullshit music, its boring drivel that no one cares about.
@daspsych3156
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
That 90s sound you mentioned. The build-up sent me back to the 3 EPs. Does that help?
@Stoobers
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I really liked that…
@MariaFrancesca
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Granny squares! 🙂
@MariaFrancesca
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
It's great that The Darkness are so busy these days 🙂
@jm76vd
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Yard Act is an amazing band.All their albums have been solid and always keeping it fresh 🤘
@comelighttheway
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
congrats! 🎸🍿🧸🌜
@anastasia_boz
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Please, someone, sneak into Justin's home and tune his guitar! Surely there's a housekeeper/plumber/pool boy who can smuggle a pitch pipe into the house and sort that guitar out.
@JacquelineAmmann
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
They remind me of the sound of Jagwar Ma
@TommyFugitive
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
You did do a review of one of their second album's songs. But, it would be cool if you did touch on their first album. It is so good! The vocals and raw instrumentation are what I was craving to hear when it came out.
@calumandrewmorrell1223
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Sounds a bit Oasis-lite, and in the great Oasis / Blur wars of the 90s … I preferred Pulp.
@RobG-q3y
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
I Believe In A Thing Called Love NEW TAKE ON YOUR SONG – As The Guy at the top of the comments said” check out the video labelled “This Guitarist Completely Transformed A Rock Anthem” maybe you could review it Justin ?
@KateronaOne
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Their first album was amazing and we all need to go to the Trench Coat Museum.
@marklallier1317
July 18, 2026 at 12:53 pm
Cool song, will check them out for sure. Love the reaction to “post punk”. Once you’re punk, it’s still in you,,, anyway ALRIGHT!!! I see you Jagger’n off❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️