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THIS LP IS A PREORDER ITEM. ALL ITEMS ORDERED ALONGSIDE A PHYSICAL PREORDER WILL SHIP TOGETHER ON OR BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2026. THE REMASTERED AUDIO FILES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD ON THE RELEASE DATE.
Also available in the Signed Print and LP Bundle!
Now It’s Overhead, the beloved project of Athens, GA-based musician/producer/engineer/visual artist Andy LeMaster, has announced that its three acclaimed albums–Now It’s Overhead (2001), Fall Back Open (2004), and Dark Light Daybreak (2006)– will release on vinyl for the first time ever. Newly remastered by LeMaster and arriving as a limited edition run of 500 pressed on Ecomix, the vinyl releases will be accompanied by in the beginning, a five-song digital EP featuring the band’s first new music since 2006: “eleven-seven-thirty-five,” written around the time of the 2001 self-titled album, and “sigh let go,” composed specifically for the EP. It also includes songs “the garden house” (originally released as part of a fundraising campaign for Brian Eno’s EarthPercent Foundation), “Dark Cycle” (previously found on the vinyl version of the Saddle Creek 50 sampler), and “The Book of Love,” a cover of The Magnetic Fields’ from Now It’s Overhead’s 2004 single “Wait In A Line.”
Now It’s Overhead emerged in the early 2000s alongside the era-defining Saddle Creek scene, and its debut album was the first released by the label from a non-Nebraska band. Always essentially a solo project for LeMaster, its recordings frequently featured fellow Athenites Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor (of Azure Ray), while Fall Back Open also had guest vocals from Michael Stipe and Conor Oberst (both of whom LeMaster still collaborates with to this day). Now It’s Overhead has drawn press attention from outlets including ELLE, Interview, MAGNET, Rolling Stone, SPIN, Teen Vogue, Alternative Press, and more, and these long-awaited editions are essential for casual listeners and avid collectors alike.
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Now It's Overhead has more than once evoked the term "dreamy." Dark Light Daybreak is not exactly an exception- it's awash in the band's signature moody layers and wall of guitar. But if the previous two records were dream-like, Dark Light Daybreak is more akin to waking up. The range of Clay Leverett's drumming and the variations of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink's vocals shine through, adding to each song the expertise of musicians who stand back, listen, then bring exactly what needs to be there. Dark Light Daybreak runs the songwriting gamut, leaving not a moment to be missed.
Vinyl Release Date: September 18th, 2026
Original Release Date: September 12th, 2006
THIS LP IS A PREORDER ITEM. ALL ITEMS ORDERED ALONGSIDE A PHYSICAL PREORDER WILL SHIP TOGETHER ON OR BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2026. THE REMASTERED AUDIO FILES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD ON THE RELEASE DATE.
Also available in the Signed Print and LP Bundle!
Now It’s Overhead, the beloved project of Athens, GA-based musician/producer/engineer/visual artist Andy LeMaster, has announced that its three acclaimed albums–Now It’s Overhead (2001), Fall Back Open (2004), and Dark Light Daybreak (2006)– will release on vinyl for the first time ever. Newly remastered by LeMaster and arriving as a limited edition run of 500 pressed on Ecomix, the vinyl releases will be accompanied by in the beginning, a five-song digital EP featuring the band’s first new music since 2006: “eleven-seven-thirty-five,” written around the time of the 2001 self-titled album, and “sigh let go,” composed specifically for the EP. It also includes songs “the garden house” (originally released as part of a fundraising campaign for Brian Eno’s EarthPercent Foundation), “Dark Cycle” (previously found on the vinyl version of the Saddle Creek 50 sampler), and “The Book of Love,” a cover of The Magnetic Fields’ from Now It’s Overhead’s 2004 single “Wait In A Line.”
Now It’s Overhead emerged in the early 2000s alongside the era-defining Saddle Creek scene, and its debut album was the first released by the label from a non-Nebraska band. Always essentially a solo project for LeMaster, its recordings frequently featured fellow Athenites Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor (of Azure Ray), while Fall Back Open also had guest vocals from Michael Stipe and Conor Oberst (both of whom LeMaster still collaborates with to this day). Now It’s Overhead has drawn press attention from outlets including ELLE, Interview, MAGNET, Rolling Stone, SPIN, Teen Vogue, Alternative Press, and more, and these long-awaited editions are essential for casual listeners and avid collectors alike.
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Now It's Overhead has more than once evoked the term "dreamy." Dark Light Daybreak is not exactly an exception- it's awash in the band's signature moody layers and wall of guitar. But if the previous two records were dream-like, Dark Light Daybreak is more akin to waking up. The range of Clay Leverett's drumming and the variations of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink's vocals shine through, adding to each song the expertise of musicians who stand back, listen, then bring exactly what needs to be there. Dark Light Daybreak runs the songwriting gamut, leaving not a moment to be missed.
Vinyl Release Date: September 18th, 2026
Original Release Date: September 12th, 2006