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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt">Yak Post Double Video For ‘Smile’/’Distortion’ –
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://bit.ly/1F3ZYZZ" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">PRESS HERE</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt"> to Watch</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; text-indent:.5in"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt">+ Debut EP Out Now</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Known for their attraction to chaos (the trio are becoming infamous for their over-running, set-list-free gigs, destroying organs mid-show and playing impromptu house parties wherever possible),
<b>Yak</b> have teamed up with director <b>Errol Rainey</b> to make an epic ten-minute continuous video for two tracks “<b>Smile”</b> and “<b>Distortion”</b>. “<b>Smile</b>” sees the band hanging out at a Turnpike Lane Working Men’s Club, while “<b>Distortion</b>”
finds them in a more lysergic mood…</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://bit.ly/1F3ZYZZ" target="_blank"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">to watch the video. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Both “Smile” and “Distortion” are taken from Yak’s debut EP
<b><i>Plastic People</i></b>, which is out this week via <b>Fat Possum/Octopus Electrical</b>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Following their tour of UK with the country’s other most talked about new band, The Big Moon, Yak played a packed-out gig at The Great Escape this weekend followed by an impromptu house party
show which had to be broken up by Brighton’s noise police. If you missed out then you can catch Yak on the following dates:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">June 7 – Field Day</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Jun 17 – Reading Oaklands</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Jun 18 – BST Hyde Park w/The Strokes</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Jun 19 – Netherlands, Best Kept Secret Festival</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Jul 24 – Sheffield The Great Gatsby</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Jul 25 – Secret Garden Party</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Aug 7 – Cardiff Club Ifor Bach</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Aug 8 – Newquay Boardmasters</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Sep 24 – Liverpool 02 Academy 1 w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Sep 25 – Middlesborough Empire w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Sep 26 – Glasgow Arches w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Sep 28 – Belfast Limelight Club w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Sep 29 – Dublin The Academy w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Oct 1 – Manchester Academy 1 w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Oct 2 – Nottingham Rock City w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Oct 3 – Cardiff Great Hall w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Oct 5 – Cambridge The Junction w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Oct 6 – Leicester 02 Academy w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Oct 7 – Portsmouth Pyramids Centre w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Oct 9 – London Brixton Academy w/Peace</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Oct 10 – Wolverhampton Civic Hal</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">l
</span><span lang="EN-GB">w/Peace</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">For more information, contact: Chloe Walsh or Carina Contreras at Press Here Publicity – 323-556-9752 or 212-246-2640 /
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