Now It's Overhead
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Now It's Overhead
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Athens, GA's Now It's Overhead mixes moody pop influences such as the Cure and Depeche Mode and the layered textures of bands like Spiritualized and My Bloody Valentine into lovelorn indie rock. Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer Andy LeMaster, bassist/keyboardist/trumpeter/vocalist Orenda Fink, keyboardist/vocalist Maria Taylor, and drummer/vocalist Clay Leverett are also active in other Athens bands and projects: LeMaster, along with former Sugar bassist David Barbe and the Glands' Andy Baker, owns and operates the Chase Park Transduction Recording Studio, where he has worked with Japancakes, Azure Ray, Bright Eyes (of whom LeMaster is also a touring member), and Seaworthy, among others; Fink and Taylor also perform with Azure Ray. Now It's Overhead released their self-titled debut on Saddle Creek in mid-2001. Their sophomore album, Fall Back Open, which included guest spots by Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Michael Stipe, appeared in spring 2004. Two years later, after officially welcoming collaborator Brad Register (on guitar and keys) into the band, Now It's Overhead released Dark Light Daybreak, which showed a slightly more upbeat side to their usual brand of shoegaze-inspired rock. ~ Heather Phares, RoviWikipedia on Answers.com:
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Now It's Overhead
Now It's Overhead were an indie rock band fronted by singer/songwriter Andy LeMaster and based in Athens, Georgia. Their first album, a self-titled collection of songs LeMaster wrote over a period of two years in the late 90s, quickly rose from a studio project to a full-time band with the assistance of drummer Clay Leverett, Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor of Azure Ray. They were the first band not hailing from Nebraska to be signed by Omaha-based Saddle Creek Records.
In 2004 they released their sophomore, critically acclaimed album Fall Back Open, which included a duet with Michael Stipe of REM, a long-time supporter of the band. That year, the band also embarked on a US tour as support for REM, who are also from Athens, Georgia.
Now It's Overhead's third album Dark Light Daybreak was released on September 12, 2006. In 2007, they supported Scottish indie-rock band Idlewild on their tour of Great Britain.
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Discography
Albums
- Now It's Overhead (2001) - Saddle Creek Records
- Fall Back Open (2004) - Saddle Creek Records
- Dark Light Daybreak (2006) - Saddle Creek Records
Singles & EPs
- Wait in a Line (2004) - Saddle Creek Records
Compilations
- Saddle Creek 50 (2002) - Saddle Creek Records
- Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina (2005) - Saddle Creek Records
External links
- Now It's Overhead official website
- Saddle Creek Records
- Now It's Overhead on ArtistDirect
- Lazy-i Interview: March 2004
- Soundcrank Podcast Hosted by Now It's Overhead
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