Original air date ~ 9th February 2023.

We talk to Leeds' post-punk yelpers Yard Act, touring Australia in support of their outspoken debut album "The Overload".

Stream the full program https://2ser.com/episodes/static-800pm-9th-feb-2023/

2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 9th February was as follows ...

OPUS KINK "Dust" (Nice Swan)
THE GO! TEAM "Stay and Ask Me In A Different Way" (Memphis Industries)
YO LA TENGO "Sinatra Drive Breakdown" (Matador/Remote Control)
ROMY featuring FRED AGAIN.. "Strong" [PRETTY GIRL Remix] (Young/Remote Control)
SQUID "Swing (In A Dream)" (Warp)
KING TUFF "Love Letters To Plants" (Sub Pop)
YARD ACT "Tiny Dancer" (Zen FC/Island)
@ "Letters" (Carpark)
FRANKIE ROSE "Sixteen Ways" (Slumberland)
ROBERT FORSTER "Go Free" (EMI)
VERA ELLEN "Carpenter" (Flying Nun)
THE NUDE PARTY "Hard Times (All Around)" (New West)
IÑIGO VONTIER "Mental Letal" (Optimo)
THE VEILS "Bullfighter (Hand Of God)" (Ba Da Bing!)
DEUCE "Breathe" (Dinosaur City)
FLOODLIGHTS "Lessons Learnt" (Virgin)
SUMMER FLAKE "Barnacle Bill" (Rice Is Nice)
SLEAFORD MODS featuring FLORENCE SHAW "Force 10 From Navarone" (Rough Trade/Remote Control)
DJANGO DJANGO "Wishone" (Because Music)
THE GO! TEAM "Going Nowhere" Memphis Industries)
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA "Layla" (Jagjaguwar)

"Static" can be heard on 2SER (107.3FM) on Thursdays between 8pm and 10pm.
Or stream live online at www.2ser.com
Past episodes can be streamed on-demand at https://2ser.com/episode-archive-page/?show=static

Yard Act ~ Interviewed on 2SER's Static

The best of this week's New Releases, Nearly all very new acts, but a great new single from Gun. Remember them? Word Up? Just as good these days

MK Music - New Releases

New Releases with Rob Taylor 2nd December 2023

hell yeah bro i got the job

shout out to those Yard Act guys they seem cool

Dream Job (MALO's I Nailed The Interview Remix) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Lyrics:

Well I ordered a drink and I was waiting for it
When I felt a tap on my shoulder
She said between sighs “Oh I can’t stand all these guys.
Be my five minute boyfriend get rid of these creeps”

And then... she said suggestively
Do you want to come with me
I know a party, it’s down in Hackney
She stood so close, I couldn’t say no
And then she grabbed my hand and said: “Let’s go”

She studies graphic design
And DJs in her spare time
When we arrived at the house
it was full of the coolest kids in town
I should have watched out

She said suggestively
Do you want to come with me
I really like you, there’s so much we could do
She stood so close, I couldn’t say no
And then she grabbed my hand and said: “Let’s go”

I turned my back for a moment
This tall redhead appeared
And I couldn’t help but notice
This girl whispering in her ear
She held her gaze
And stroked her hair
And then they kissed
And I just stared

I saw them both go home
Leaving me all alone
Lucky for some, unlucky for others
Lucky for some, unlucky for others


Song and Lyrics by Cornelis Gerard

Recorded at Strawport Studio in Vilnius, Lithuania

Vocals: Cornelis Gerard
Guitars: Cornelis Gerard
Bass Guitar: Sean De Souza
Drums: Leo Mollon
Engineer, Producer, Mixer: Glen Strachan
teatone.net/sp_studio.html

Lucky For Some

LYRICS:
Screen is too damn bright
Mind is getting darker
The circuits are overloaded
I am drowning in deep quicksand

Can't hear the quiet anymore
The wires are too tangled
The brain drowns in a noise riot

Screen in my face
Screen in my mind
Shattered soul
And all I hear is...

Buy this car
Buy this ivory house
Buy, Scream, Shout, Devour
Rip-it-up
And wipe-it-off
Then shove-it-down
To simplify
To purify

Streaming live, but living dead
Fake light, eyes full of lead
A filthy room, unmade bed
Greed and gluttony is all I see

Virtual friends with no empathy
Factory made dreams
Soulless desires
Burn them all down
And set them on fire

Buy this car
Buy this ivory house
Buy, Scream, Shout, Devour
And rip-it-up
And wipe-it-off
Then shove-it-down
To simplify
To purify, to purify, to purify

Kill the buzz
Kill the feed
Simplify
That's what we need

Drop the act
Quit the game
Seek myself
And break the chain
Then bounce, just bounce
All over this fucking planet

Burn the circuits
Kill the lights
Strip away the blight

Buy this car
Buy this ivory house
Buy, Scream, Shout, Devour
Rip-it-up,
And wipe-it-off
Then shove-it-down
To simplify
To purify, to purify, to purify
And leave it all behind

Hold a lover
Kiss a face
Feel the warmth
Some human grace
For shit's sake

Make the soul breathe again
Throw out the bath water
Disconnect the umbilical cord
I want to fucking live again

Kill the Feed

There's not much to laugh at in 2024. It was a year dominated by an escalating conflict in the Middle East, the continuing war in Ukraine and extreme weather events across the globe. Also, while I tend to focus on events in the US and UK, there were elections in over 80 counties around the world.

Probably as an escape from reality, 2024 features some quite upbeat songs. There are some contrasting emotions in this episode. I hope you enjoy the ride.

Brierly Hill 90210

Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2024

Good ol guitar music with an analog electronic twist - Saturate ur ears with a bit of the bridge!!
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Watch out, this girl looks like the one
Drinking something strong
She's making eyes at Nathan
5 down, I think it could be wrong
To make mistakes for fun
Her ways untie my laces

I overflow razorblades and rope
My makeshift lifelike spaceship
Flies far too low, for tonight
LYLA LIES ALONE

Watch out, this girl looks like the one
Drinking something strong
She's making eyes at Nathan
5 down, I think it could be wrong
To make mistakes for fun
Her ways untie my laces

9 in a row wrapped around her pole
My mate is bound to waste his
Pride, given time to approach
LYLA LIES ALONE

(epic solo)

LYLA, WHY NOW?

LYLA


LYRICS:
Words are all we have really.
We have thoughts, but thoughts are fluid. You know... And, then we assign a word to a thought... And we're stuck with that word for that thought. So be careful with words, I like to think, yeah, the same words that hurt can heal. It's a matter of how you pick them.

There are some people that aren't into all the words. There are some people who would have you not use certain words. Yeah, there are 400,000 words in the English language and there are seven of them you can't say on television. So, they must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous, to be separated from a number so large. All of you over here, you seven, bad words. That's what they told us they were, remember? 'That's a bad word.' 'Awwww.' There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad Intentions.

And words, you know the seven don't you? Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits, Huh? Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that will infect your soul, curve your spine and keep the country from winning the war.

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits, wow. Tits doesn't even belong on the list, you know. It's such a friendly sounding word. It sounds like a nickname. 'Hey, Tits, come here, Tits, meet Toots, Toots, Tits, Tits, Toots.' It sounds like a snack doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is, right. But I don't mean the sexist snack, I mean, New Nabisco Tits. The new Cheese Tits, and Corn Tits and Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits, Yeah. Betcha can't eat just one. That's true I usually switch off. But I mean that word does not belong on the list.

Actually, none of the words belong on the list, but you can understand why some of them are there. I am not completely insensitive to people's feelings. You know, I can dig why some of those words got on the list...like cocksucker and motherfucker. Those are...those are heavy-weight words. There's a lot going on there, man. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling. They're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend with. And those K's. Those are aggressive sounds, they jump out at you. 
Cocksucker- Motherfucker-Cocksucker. It's like an assault, on you. So I can dig that.

And we mentioned shit earlier, of course. Two of the other four-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go together of course. But forget about that. A little accidental humor there. Piss and Cunt. The reason Piss and Cunt are on the list is that a long time ago certain ladies said 'Those are the two I am not going to say. I don't mind Fuck and Shit, but P and C are out. P and C are out'. Which led to such stupid sentences as ...OK, you fuckers, I am going to tinkle now.

And of course the word Fuck. 
I must end with that...

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an interpretive tribute to a portion of George Carlin's famous 1972 comedy sketch, "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television"... find his full sketch on YouTube, Online, or your favorite streaming service. It is worth the historical watch.

7 Dirty Words

This song is an interpretation of “Shake the Dust,” the powerful spoken-word poem by Anis Mojgani. It’s a letter to the overlooked — the tired, the shy, the broken, the dreamers... Each line is a reminder that a hand can reach out to every corner of forgotten humanity.
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LYRICS:
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This one is for the fat girls
This one is for the little brothers
This is for the schoolyard wimps 
And for the childhood bullies 
That tormented them

For the former prom queen 
And for the milk crate ballplayers

For the nighttime cereal eaters 
And for the retired elderly Wal-Mart 
Store front door greeters...

Shake the Dust

This is for the benches 
And the people sitting upon them
For the bus drivers driving 
A million broken hymns

For the men who have to hold down 
Three jobs simply to hold up their children

For the night schoolers 
And for the midnight bike riders 
Trying to fly...

Shake the Dust

For the 2-year-olds 
Who cannot be understood 
Because they speak half-English 
And half-God...

Shake the Dust

For the boys 
With the beautiful sisters...

Shake the Dust

For the girls 
With the brothers 
Who are going crazy

For those gym class wallflowers
For the 12-year-olds 
Afraid of taking public showers

For the kid who’s always late 
To class because he forgets 
The combination to his lockers

For the girl 
Who loves 
Somebody else...

Shake the Dust

This is for the hard men who want love 
But know that it won’t come
The ones the amendments 
Do not stand up for

For the ones who are forgotten

For the ones who are told to speak 
Only when you are spoken to 
And then are never spoken to
Speak every time you stand
So you do not forget yourself
Do not let a moment go by 
That doesn’t remind you 
That your heart beats 
A hundred thousand times a day

And that there are enough 
Gallons of blood 
To make every one of us oceans

Do not settle 
For letting these waves settle
And for the dust 

To collect in your veins

This is for the celibate pedophile 
Who keeps on struggling
For the poetry teachers 
And for the people 
Who go on vacations alone
For the sweat that drips off of 
Mick Jagger’s singing lips
For the shaking skirt 
On Tina Turner’s shaking hips
For the heavens and for the hells 
Through which Tina has lived

This is for the tired 
And for the dreamers
For the families 
That will never be like the Cleavers
With perfectly made dinners 
And sons like Wally and the Beaver

This is for the bigots
For the sexist
For the killers
For the big house 
Jail-sentenced cats 
Becoming redeemers
And for the springtime 
That always seems to know 
To show up after every single winter

This is for you

This is for you

Make sure that by the time 
The fisherman returns 
You are gone

Because just like the days
I burn at both ends 
And every time I write
Every time I open my eyes
I am cutting out parts of myself 
Just to give them to you

So shake the dust
And take me with you when you do

For none of this has ever been for me
All that pushes and pulls
And pushes and pulls
It pushes for you

So grab this world by its clothespins
And shake it out again and again
And hop on top and take it for a spin
And when you hop off
Shake it again

For this is yours

Make these words worth it
Make this not just 
Another poem that I write
Not just another poem 
Like just another night
That sits heavy above us all
Walk into it
Breath it in
Let it crash 
Though the halls of your arms
Like the millions of years 
Of millions of poets 
Coursing like blood
Pumping and pushing
Making you live
Shaking the dust

So when the world knocks 
At your front door
Clutch the knob tightly 
And open on up
And run forward 
Into its widespread open arms
With your hands in front of you

Fingertips trembling 
Though they may be
May be

May be...
May be...
Maybe
Maybe
Maybe

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SHAKE THE DUST

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Static is a weekly new music program on Sydney public radio station 2SER-FM, which debuted in 1992.
For over 30 years, hosts Berko and Mick have been at the forefront of championing new bands and music trends, with up-to-the-second fresh releases from around the world.
Each week's show blends everything from alternative pop to underground rock, eclectic electronica, post-everything and much more.
Every week Berko speaks in-depth to an artist on the show ... these are those interviews.
Stream full programs at www.2ser.com/static

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