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Overhead, the AlbatrossDublin post-rockers cover Hans Zimmer’s Time

What you may need to know…

01. Last we checked in with Overhead, the Albatross, they’d just launched their absolutely immense debut LP Learning to Growl.

02. Today, the band has released a wee stopgap between now and their big December gig in Vicar Street: their first ever attempt at a cover. Hans Zimmer’s Time, accompanied by Charlie Chaplin’s final speech from The Great Dictator. For the time that’s in it.

03. The video for same, directed by Luke Daly, is streaming above.

04. The band’s big year-end excursion happens at Vicar Street, December 9th. Tickets €20 plus various service fees.

Verdict: A brave take on a masterpiece, layered over with the pep-talk humanity needs at present.

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Overhead the Albatross – release debut album Learning to Growl

What you may need to know…

1.The last time we met Dublin post-rockers Overhead, the Albatross they were gearing up for their debut album and making up for lost time with a hometown show.

2. Learning to Growl is finally here, and it’s received the reaction one might expect.

3. It’s streaming in its entirety above, with purchase links for double-vinyl, for them what wants it. If you’ve the time to check it out, or need study/working tunes, dig in.

4. Now begins the victory lap. Cyprus Avenue in Cork in June, and appearances at Castlepalooza and Knockanstockan fests.

Verdict: Dear readers, I know you don’t take kindly to hyperbole, so I’ll spare you. But you owe yourselves at least one listen to this record, front-to-back. You won’t regret it.

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Overhead, the AlbatrossBig River Man (from new album Learning to Growl)

Here’s what you may need to know…

01. At long bloody last. Dublin instrumental six-piece Overhead, the Albatross have finally announced their debut full-length record, entitled Learning to Growl, for release on May 13.

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The band have unleashed singles and snippets from live sessions, but single Big River Man, released last November, was the first indication of what the outfit have really had up their sleeve. A lush, eight-minute excursion with a grandiose video to match, streaming above.

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Another leadoff single is due this day next week, with a teaser for the video here. We’ll keep you posted.

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Ahead of that will be a big gig in Dublin on Saturday April 9th, at the Workman’s Club, where the band finishes what they started at their last show, before a power cut took out the venue and stopped the band.

Verdict: What we’ve heard from the band over the years, and the rep they’ve developed, has been  a prelude to this record, and Big River Man may well only be the tip of the sonic iceberg. Roll on, May 13.

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