LBJ-002 (Tuesday)
The saga continues...
DAY TWO
If you've been reading at all, then the next band in this series needs no introduction. That said, allow me to introduce them. Now It's Overhead is truly the masterful work of Andy LeMaster with the bases rounded out by both Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink of Azure Ray and drummer and vocalist Clay Leverett. Now It's Overhead has released two full-lengths and has plans to release their third in August of this year. Yes, the very same month that will see Cursive's new (horn-a-plenty) Happy Hollow. The truth is you may not immediately fall for NIO, but my educated guess is that at least one of these songs will lie dormant in your brain for an unspecified amount of time before hatching into an unmitigated attack. You will find yourself singing one of LeMaster's lines, desperate to hear it again and again. LeMaster has recorded, mixed, mastered, and produced many of the albums I'll be dedicating this week to. He is very skilled with this process and it's his love affair with production that makes Now It's Overhead's albums what they are.
Truly, if you ignore everything else I devote this week to, pay attention to this band. Spend some quality time with these songs and the remaining seven from both albums. I very realistically doubt that you'll feel your time has been wasted. I could have written nothing at all and posted these songs by Now It's Overhead and it would have been one of my better posts. The point is: Stop reading. Start listening. That could be my mediocre-written blog's parenthetical title.
Now It's Overhead's "Blackout Curtain"
& "Who's Jon"
from Now It's Overhead (LBJ-38)
Now It's Overhead's "Wait In A Line"
& "The Decision Made Itself"
from Fall Back Open (LBJ-58)
Now It's Overhead's "The Book of Love" (Magnetic Fields cover)
from Wait In A Line [Single] (LBJ-65)
Did you know?: Before forming Now It's Overhead, Andy LeMaster and Clay Leverett were in the Athens based Drip with Casey Scott, who has played with Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos. The trio released two full length albums on Ghostmeat Records. Bonus songs to make this a proper Tuesday Spotlight? Done. Be forewarned. These songs are not terrible, but the songwriting, production, and musical technique have definitely grown over time. There's even a world of difference between their 1995 debut and second and final 1999 release.
Drip's "Hey Summertime"
from No More Talkin'.
Drip's "Holden"
from Inside Job
DAY TWO
If you've been reading at all, then the next band in this series needs no introduction. That said, allow me to introduce them. Now It's Overhead is truly the masterful work of Andy LeMaster with the bases rounded out by both Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink of Azure Ray and drummer and vocalist Clay Leverett. Now It's Overhead has released two full-lengths and has plans to release their third in August of this year. Yes, the very same month that will see Cursive's new (horn-a-plenty) Happy Hollow. The truth is you may not immediately fall for NIO, but my educated guess is that at least one of these songs will lie dormant in your brain for an unspecified amount of time before hatching into an unmitigated attack. You will find yourself singing one of LeMaster's lines, desperate to hear it again and again. LeMaster has recorded, mixed, mastered, and produced many of the albums I'll be dedicating this week to. He is very skilled with this process and it's his love affair with production that makes Now It's Overhead's albums what they are.
Truly, if you ignore everything else I devote this week to, pay attention to this band. Spend some quality time with these songs and the remaining seven from both albums. I very realistically doubt that you'll feel your time has been wasted. I could have written nothing at all and posted these songs by Now It's Overhead and it would have been one of my better posts. The point is: Stop reading. Start listening. That could be my mediocre-written blog's parenthetical title.
Now It's Overhead's "Blackout Curtain"
& "Who's Jon"
from Now It's Overhead (LBJ-38)
Now It's Overhead's "Wait In A Line"
& "The Decision Made Itself"
from Fall Back Open (LBJ-58)
Now It's Overhead's "The Book of Love" (Magnetic Fields cover)
from Wait In A Line [Single] (LBJ-65)
Did you know?: Before forming Now It's Overhead, Andy LeMaster and Clay Leverett were in the Athens based Drip with Casey Scott, who has played with Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos. The trio released two full length albums on Ghostmeat Records. Bonus songs to make this a proper Tuesday Spotlight? Done. Be forewarned. These songs are not terrible, but the songwriting, production, and musical technique have definitely grown over time. There's even a world of difference between their 1995 debut and second and final 1999 release.
Drip's "Hey Summertime"
from No More Talkin'.
Drip's "Holden"
from Inside Job
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