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Yard Act is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Menace Beach and Black Country, New Road. Those roots explain a lot about how Yard Act arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sports Team, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Shame, Courting and Squid, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Elton John, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Yard Act, reaching back through Menace Beach and forward to Elton John. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Yard Act are an English rock band from Leeds, West Yorkshire, formed in 2019. The band consists of James Smith, Ryan Needham (bass), Sam Shipstone (guitar) and Jay Russell (drums).
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Yard Act grew out of Menace Beach and Black Country, New Road, shares an orbit with Sports Team, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Shame and Courting, went on to shape Elton John. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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