Reading, Leeds, Latitude, Rock Werchter and a sold-out Electric Ballroom: Overpass are having quite a year.

Overpass have shared new single ‘Is This Real?’, the latest preview of their debut album Elsewhere, Always, due 5th June via Communion Records.

The Birmingham four-piece have spent the past few years building steadily: sold-out headline shows across the UK and Europe, support slots with Wunderhorse and Inhaler, and festival appearances at Reading and Leeds and Boardmasters. Elsewhere, Always is the record that formalises all of that momentum, and notably contains no previously released material. Every track is new.

‘Is This Real?’ was produced by Rich Turvey, whose credits include Blossoms, The Wombats and The Royston Club. Built around a driving rhythm section and a riff that locks in from the opening bar, it deals with the exhaustion and uncertainty of early adulthood alongside the comfort that comes from admitting how you feel.

“This song is about being worn out by life’s new pressures as we go into early adulthood,” frontman Max Newbold has said. “It’s also about craving the softness and comfort of others while confessing how you feel. In the end it’s quite a hopeful tune that has a lot of resilient qualities in it.” A lyric video, made from grainy behind-the-scenes footage, accompanies the single.

Max Newy of Overpass: ‘The people make Birmingham. It’s a down-to-earth city that keeps you grounded’

The album is available to pre-order now, with exclusive formats available at Rough Trade and HMV. Overpass play the Roundhouse in London with The Royston Club on 7th May, with an extensive run of festival and headline dates to follow throughout the summer and autumn, including Reading, Leeds, Latitude and Rock Werchter. Their autumn UK headline tour has seen multiple venues upgraded due to demand, with the Electric Ballroom in London on 11th November running low on tickets.

7 May – Roundhouse, London (with The Royston Club)

8 May – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh (with The Royston Club)

9 May – Victoria Warehouse, Manchester (with The Royston Club)

15 May – London Calling, Amsterdam

17 May – Assai, Edinburgh (SOLD OUT)

17 May – Assai, Glasgow (SOLD OUT)

18 May – HMV, Newcastle

22 May – O2 Academy 2, Oxford

23 May – Vinilo, Southampton

23 May – Pie & Vinyl, Portsmouth

24 May – Resident, Brighton

30 May – Dauwpop Festival, Netherlands

5 Jun – Mama Roux’s, Birmingham

6 Jun – Jacaranda, Liverpool

7 Jun – Jumbo, Leeds (LOW TICKETS)

7 Jun – The Met, Manchester

8 Jun – Rough Trade, Nottingham (SOLD OUT)

9 Jun – Rough Trade, Bristol

10 Jun – Rough Trade East, London (SOLD OUT)

11 Jun – Fighting Cocks, Kingston (SOLD OUT)

13 Jun – Rock For People Festival, Czech Republic

18 Jun – Isle of Wight Festival

21 Jun – TRNSMT, Glasgow

3 Jul – Rock Werchter, Belgium

11 Jul – Mad Cool Festival, Madrid

24 Jul – Latitude Festival, Suffolk

1 Aug – Y NOT? Festival, Derbyshire

21 Aug – Frequency Festival, St. Polten

28 Aug – Reading Festival

29 Aug – Leeds Festival

17 Sep – Trix Club, Antwerp

18 Sep – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam

19 Sep – Yard Club, Cologne

21 Sep – Maschinenhaus, Berlin

22 Sep – Notchwache, Hamburg

23 Oct – Empire Music Hall, Belfast (UPGRADED VENUE)

24 Oct – Whelan’s, Dublin

28 Oct – SWG3 Galvanisers, Glasgow (LOW TICKETS)

29 Oct – University, Newcastle

30 Oct – Stylus, Leeds (LOW TICKETS)

31 Oct – O2 Ritz, Manchester (LOW TICKETS)

5 Nov – Electric, Bristol (UPGRADED VENUE)

6 Nov – Electric Studios, Sheffield (LOW TICKETS)

7 Nov – O2 Academy, Birmingham

10 Nov – The Brook, Southampton (LOW TICKETS)

11 Nov – Electric Ballroom, London (LOW TICKETS)

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