OVERSIZE announce debut album Vital Signs, release title-track

Having signed to SharpTone a couple of months ago, OVERSIZE have now announced details of their debut album.

The UK alt-shoegaze crew – who are made up of vocalist Sam McCauley, guitarists Tazz Edwards and Lewis Lennane-Emm, bassist George Lewis and drummer Sam Shutler – will release Vital Signs on February 28, 2025 (via SharpTone, obvs).

“It feels very surreal to finally be releasing our debut full-length,” OVERSIZE say. “Pretty much since the start of the band we knew we wanted to be an ‘album band’. Even though we had released two EPs previously we’ve always had enough material written to make a full-length, so we knew after the second EP it was time to make the jump. Recorded in under two weeks at The Ranch Production House, we closely collaborated with producer Lewis Johns to create something we’re really proud of.

“It was always our aim to write an album where each song has its own identity yet still works holistically as an album. We were really conscious of the album not sounding to ‘samey’ yet the same time not feeling like a playlist of random songs. We’re still so honoured that SharpTone shares our passion and vision for the record and can’t wait for people to finally hear it.”

The band have unveiled the title-track to mark the announcement, explaining that, “While Vital Signs is technically the title-track of the album, it was originally written as an album closer and from start to finish was written comfortably in under an hour. I think the simplicity of the song and the free-flowing structure combined with extra production elements – drum loops and super saturated and effect heavy guitars – give this song a unique feel within our catalogue. Lyrically much like the rest of the album, the song revolves around a journey of grief and the acceptance of loss. We felt the lyric ‘vital signs’ was the perfect summary for the album as a whole.”

Check it out:

Check out the Vital Signs tracklist:

1. Stalling
2. Are You With Me?
3. Fall Apart
4. Something Clean
5. Dare To Move
6. The Incline
7. From The Hell
8. SALT
9. Vacant
10. Vital Signs

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