YOBS Let Loose With Ferocious New Single “Head The Ball”

Liverpool, UK punks YOBS have dropped the politically-charged Head The Ball from their upcoming self-titled debut album that is due out on May 3rd via Fuzz Club. Taking no prisoners, YOBS deal in hard-edged, primitive punk salvos that race by with a bludgeoning intensity, abrasive rock ’n roll that will leave your bones rattling just as much as your speakers. Whilst rooted in a scuzzy hedonism the YOBS debut album doesn’t shy away from more serious subject matter. The ferocious Head The Ball takes aim at sneering middle class elitism and the structures that perpetuate such divides. 

“I’m not sure Head the Ball is a northern thing or a scouse thing, but it basically means someone who is a bit of a wild one, or a bit different. It is derogatory I guess, but we are reclaiming it haha! The song is about how middle class prep boys look at the working class. Like we are all idiots, that they can manipulate into thinking they are somehow more important. I have a lot of anger towards that kind of thing. The whole meritocracy thing. It’s not a level playing field, and the education system is there to preserve the class divide. We never aimed to be a political band, but it’s pretty hard not to be influenced by the growing populism and this yearning to be an elitist. It’s gross isn’t it? So, this is saying fuck you to them. Don’t look down your nose at us, when you are licking the boots of the royals, waving shitty flags and supporting the likes of Johnson or Trump. Anyway, Vive la revolution, vive le Yobs!” (Frontman Joey Ackland)