86. Yard Act - "Where’s My Utopia?"

Our second slice of Indie. This is The Fall repackaged for the modern era. It is angular, non-linear and wears its lo-fi tendencies on its sleeve. At times it feels like Mark E. Smith fronting Da La Soul, but it then metamorphoses in front of your very ears into something else. It knows its musical history but also knows how to distort and deconstruct that. It plays with melody, always remaining just out of reach of what could be viewed as commercial. As soon as it gets too comfortable with harmonious sounds it retreats back to the off-kilter. This is how I want modern indie to sound, independent and deeply personal.