Heavily inspired by punk rock of the 90s, with influences from Knuckle Puck, State Champs and Blink 182, OverTheLine, a five-piece band from South West London, indulge in every move they make, launching on an extraordinary platform with an unwaveringly new confrontational approach to the resurgence of a genre. They come together out of a mutual love for music to create a good deal of hype around their latest single, “Hello Now”. The band show their passion for punk experimentation as they begin to feel the endless possibilities with their instruments, and the way it easily wrestles into feelings of excitement and chaos.
With the band’s over-driven guitars and generous harmonics practically radiant, OverTheLine operate in such a way that their spirit and frankness make them harder to dismiss. They convey much beyond the awestruck subtle instrumentation that you glean from hearing the first few seconds of their music; they also pound heightened emotions with an outlandish nature. “Hello Now” flirts within pop punk and flits between punchy drums and electrified frustration, as the singer asks the hard questions of love and trust, with a silvery tone. He presses ahead alone, the sour traces of the song curdling into words that could feel like blame games.
The singer at least wants to acknowledge his impulse and how it hurts, and this barrage squares off against heartache, disappointment, and sleepless nights—but survives. It’s a testament to the fact that love can hurt, and the singer spots that restlessness within but now he’s prepared to look over his shoulder musically just as he does lyrically. The band puts back into circulation a timely moment when rock music felt inspiring. It’s not in the notes they play so much but rather the quality in which they play them. Reaching for an intense feeling might trace a structure and story, to make the song a surreal, transcendental work. Their forward thinking will always find them an eager audience that is ready to add a tense dynamism to a very unpredictable music scene. They offer new possibilities in rock—punk in spirit if not in sound, free in feeling if not in execution.
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