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'''Now It's Overhead''' was an [[indie rock]] band fronted by singer/songwriter [[Andy LeMaster]] and based in [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Their first album, a self-titled collection of songs LeMaster wrote over a period of two years in the late 1990s, quickly rose from a studio project to a full-time band with the assistance of drummer Clay Leverett, [[Orenda Fink]] and [[Maria Taylor (musician)|Maria Taylor]] of [[Azure Ray]]. They were the first band not hailing from [[Nebraska]] to be signed by [[Omaha]]-based [[Saddle Creek Records]].

In 2004 they released their sophomore, critically acclaimed album ''[[Fall Back Open]]'', which included a duet with [[Michael Stipe]] of [[R.E.M.]], a long-time supporter of the band. That year, the band also embarked on a US tour as support for R.E.M, who are also from Athens, Georgia.

Now It's Overhead's third album ''[[Dark Light Daybreak]]'' was released on September 12, 2006. In 2007, they supported [[Scotland|Scottish]] indie-rock band [[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]] on their tour of Great Britain.

==Discography==

===Albums===
*''[[Now It's Overhead (album)|Now It's Overhead]]'' (2001) – [[Saddle Creek Records]]
*''[[Fall Back Open]]'' (2004) – [[Saddle Creek Records]]
*''[[Dark Light Daybreak]]'' (2006) – [[Saddle Creek Records]]

===Singles & EPs===
*''Wait in a Line'' (2004) – [[Saddle Creek Records]]

===Compilations===
*''[[Saddle Creek 50]]'' (2002) – [[Saddle Creek Records]]
*''[[Lagniappe (album)|Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina]]'' (2005) – [[Saddle Creek Records]]

==External links==
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*[http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,1559087,00.html Now It's Overhead on ArtistDirect]
*[http://www.timmcmahan.com/nio.htm Lazy-i Interview: March 2004]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071022204911/http://soundcrank.com/Interview.aspx?interviewid=1005 Soundcrank Podcast Hosted by Now It's Overhead]
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[[Category:Indie rock musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Athens, Georgia]]
[[Category:Saddle Creek Records artists]]