Over Sands are a duo, comprising brothers Tom and Ben Stephens. Originally from Frome in Somerset, the pair had been playing in bands together for a while but the Over Sands project started back in the winter of 2012 in a beach house on a nature reserve in Essex. They later moved to London, but after a couple of years they decided to take some time away to write some songs, and the result of this was their first single 'Tune Out', which appeared in early 2014. "The track is a kaleidoscope of genres really" said Ben, "as we were listening to a lot of ambient music when writing it. We wanted the drums to have a sort of jazz feel, but obviously we have added some electronic elements to the percussion too. The vocals took on a sort of bluesy/gospel feel, mostly by accident. Basically we did whatever felt right for the track." Over the next couple of years further singles were issued, and tracks uploaded to Soundcloud, but things have been very quiet over the past three years, making me think that they have now split. If this is correct, then they have left behind an impressive collection of songs, which could easily have been released as an album had they so desired.
01 Heartbeat
02 Memory House
03 Twin Peaks Theme (Falling)
04 Tune Out
05 Hounds
06 Gyroscope
07 New Year
08 Two Cranes
09 Isthmus
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