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The Overload by Yard Act
The Overload is an album by Yard Act, released in 2022. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Overload”, on 2 lists with a best position of #648.
The Overload, Yard Act's debut album, arrived on Island on 21 January 2022, written and recorded the year before by a British band that let the singles do the talking first. Five of them trailed the record, starting with the title track in September 2021 and running through "Land of the Blind" and "Payday" before "Rich" and "Pour Another" landed in the new year.
James Smith fronts it with a wry, chatty delivery over the wiry, rattling push of Ryan Needham's bass, Sam Shipstone's guitar and Jay Russell's drums. The visuals stayed gloriously unglamorous: the video for "The Overload", directed by James Slater, has them playing at a car boot sale, and Slater went on to shoot the clips for "Land of the Blind" and "Rich". The album earned a nomination for the 2022 Mercury Prize.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Overload on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Overload | 2 | #648 | – | 2025–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.