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Live Deput of Overpass
SPARKS FLY AT THE LIVE DEBUT OF OVERPASS'
'ELSEWHERE ALWAYS'
Written By Max Brooks
FFO: Sam Fender / Wolf Alice / Inhaler It's been a long time coming for the city favourites, having faced tribulations since the group's conception just weeks before lockdown measures struck the UK in 2020, but nevertheless the quartet thundered on releasing a slew of highly regarded singles and two EPs that solidified them as figureheads in the modern indie rock movement. And now, years in the making and featuring long awaited singles that were regarded as instant classics, it was clear overpass were beginning to come into their own with full and illustrious strides.
An absolutely packed out Mama Roux's was electric from the get go as overpass emerged into a red hot room, and the droning riff to their lead single, Union Station, began to ring out, igniting further fury. From start to finish, fans were chanting back crooning lyrics to frontman Max Newbold's, singing over the ear worm entanglements of Elliot Rawling's guitar and dancing irresistibly to thumping basslines from Indie Armstrong, all set to the groovy metronome of Jake Bishop's pounding drums. The onslaught from the quartet didn't end there, as before the crowd could even begin their applause overpass launched into the lovetorn lullaby of their most streamed single 3AM, and from then on they did not let off for a second. With each consecutive song overpass expertly navigated an amazing se complete with a full play through of the fresh-off-the-press LP and studded with classics from previous EPs, Dependent and From The Night, with tracks such as Take It or Leave It and Beautiful.
By the end of it, leaving a crowd giddy with awe of a brilliant live debut performance of an electric debut LP, the floor sticky and littered with Birmingham Brewery's branded overpass Brummie Beer, it was undeniable to all that Elsewhere Always is soon to be regarded as a classic and certainly a highlight of 2026s indie catalogue.
Anyone who frequently observes brilliantly fresh independent bands in grassroots venues like Mama Roux's, will know there comes a point only few bands are successful and lucky enough to reach; when the crowd hangs off every word just as much as pelting it right back at the stage, when for just an hour of the day the entire room is taken from the highs and lows of individual life and becomes as close to a single force as the act they have all come to see. This is the telltale point in a group's career where they show to have developed past being a sum of their inspirations, and come into their own to solidify themselves as the latest trailblazers in an ever changing musical scene here in the UK. And if that sweaty evening debut was anything to go off, overpass are definitely long on their way to superstardom.
You can catch overpass yourselves at multiple events this year; including a bound-to-be gigantic placing at both Reading & Leeds festivals respectively and their own headline tour which is set to kick off in October and go into the winter ofthis year. Be sure to check out 'Elsewhere Always', available on all your favourite streaming platforms and physical formats.
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