UK ALT X SHOEGAZE BAND OVERSIZE SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “VACANT” — WATCH
DEBUT LP VITAL SIGNS TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 28 VIA SHARPTONE RECORDS
OVERSIZE have revealed their new single “Vacant,” another glimpse of their stunning debut album Vital Signs, due February 28 via SharpTone.
Watch the video here.
Stream the song here.
Of the single, the band comments, “”Vacant’ is one of the few album tracks that made its way into our live set pre-release, it’s one of our favorite songs to play live, and we’re really stoked to release it as the last single before our album comes out.”
Oversize continue, “Lyrically, the song focuses around a lack of connection and communication with the people around you, how easy it is to get complacent, and not check in with someone, or open up with how you’re really feeling.”
OVERSIZE have already turned the heads of many tastemakers in the UK scene, with rave reviews and rapt attention from Dan P Carter, Alyx Holcombe, and Jack Saunders at BBC R1. In their short time as a band, OVERSIZE have already performed at Outbreak Festival, and supported Militarie Gun, Higher Power, Fiddlehead, Boston Manor, and many more.
Although still very much in its infancy, the group — which formed in the South West of England — has already developed a fully-formed, personal sound. Elements of post-hardcore, alternative metal, shoegaze, and emo combine to deliriously heady effect. While the band doesn’t shy away from its love of alternative ’90s music, and a love of HUM, Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, and Pixies, OVERSIZE have very little interest in being sonically tied to the past.
The band members and the shared experience of writing and playing live together has found them carving out their own space within the alternative scene in just a handful of years. Exploring the vast range of dynamics within their music, songs drift between atmospheric textures to loud fuzzy riffs, magnifying and complimenting the personal and often venerable vocals.
VITAL SIGNS TRACK LISTING:
“Stalling”
“Are You With Me?”
“Fall Apart“
“Something Clean”
“Dare To Move”
“The Incline”
“From The Hell”
“SALT”
“Vacant”
“Vital Signs“
OVERSIZE ARE:
Sam Shutler — Drums
Sam McCauley — Vocals
George Lewis — Bass
Tazz Edwards — Guitar
Lewis Lennane-Emm — Guitar
