Overpass

Live Nation Presents  Overpass  In their short history, Birmingham’s overpass have inspired an ever-growing fanbase with songs pulsating with youthful exuberance and the vulnerabilities of young adulthood. Their shows have been just as life-affirming, providing a dopamine burst of wall-to-wall singalongs and an all-in-this-together communion. As they approach the release of their debut album, ‘Elsewhere, Always’, overpass are primed to take that personal connection to much bigger audiences. For a record made with such confidence and conviction, the dichotomy of ‘Elsewhere, Always’ is that it is born from uncertainty. It’s a maelstrom of twenty-something existential confusion, an approach neatly encapsulated by its lead single, ‘Union Station’ - arguably their first song to truly have the arena-filling, airplay-hit potential. ‘Union Station’ was inspired by hearing a conversation about our dog-eat-dog world. “The idea of life being one big competition freaked me out a bit. I never wanted to fight for jobs or houses or compare myself to everyone else,” begins vocalist/guitarist Max Newbold. He compares its Springsteen-ish imagery of a fictional train station and its endless destinations and possibilities to “the place you run to when you’ve mentally checked out, even if you’re doing it with a half smile and a bit of self-awareness. It ties into the album’s message: growing up clueless, making mistakes, and realising that not having it all figured out is fine.” That restless, va