Yak assault the senses with ‘Alas Salvation’ video

Salvation isn’t the first thing you’d expect from Yak. Their unrelenting, brilliantly deranged noise doesn’t give any room for breathing. Just when it looks to have made his mark, out steps another trick. When frontman Oli Burslem seems to have reached his manic peak, he’ll perform another fancy feat.

It’s a theme running through their new ‘Alas Salvation’ video, premiering on DIY below. The track’s lifted from their new ‘No’ EP on Third Man Records, and it’s a blistering, blink-and-you-missed-it cut, spanning just over a minute. The track’s been backed by inverted and distorted imagery, circuiting city streets and dull concrete landscapes. The salvation from all this grimy urban scenery? That’d be Yak.

‘No’ is out 13th November. Pre-order here.

Upcoming dates:

NOVEMBER
13 Paris Boule Noire, Les Inrocks
14 Southampton, Independence Festival
17 London, Moth Club (EP Launch - tickets)
18 Brighton, Prince Albert
19 Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge
20 Liverpool, Magnet
21 Bristol, Start the Bus
24 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
25 Glasgow, Broadcast
26 Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
27 Newcastle, Head of Steam
28 Leicester, The Cookie

DECEMBER
01 Manchester, Gullivers
02 Cardiff, Ifor Bach
03 Falmouth, Mono
04 Plymouth, The Underground