Overflow, which takes its name from Psalm 23:5, sprang from their church youth group.
Third Day's Mac Powell, who executive produced A Better Place, has called Overflow "a young Third Day." The group consists of five members, all in their early to mid-20s: guitarist and primary lyricist Mark Breazeale, in many ways the band's spiritual leader; drummer Will Carter, bassist Josh Cromer, keyboardist Matt Hayes; and vocalist Tom Pellerin, who also plays rhythm guitar. Four-Tom, Mark, Will, and Matt -can't recall a time when they didn't know each other.
"The band formed right before we started high school," recalls Tom. First, Tom and Will started playing together. Mark and Matt came in high school. Josh is the group's most recent addition, starting as the group's road manager, then joining on bass when the opportunity arose.
Josh, also a South Carolina native, says his upbringing parallels the other four band members. There's one significant difference, though: Josh comes from three generations of carnival concessionaires, giving him access to a world that's closed to most people.
"It's their own little subculture," Josh says of carny life. "They know they're kind of excluded from the rest of the world because a lot of people won't have anything to do with them. It taught me a lot about not judging, because some of them are the neatest people in the world."
photo courtesy of http://www.myspace.com/overflowband
Overflow met NewSong's Scotty Wilbanks, who wound up producing the band's album, via email. Scotty played some of the group's early sessions for Mac Powell, who quickly became a fan as well.
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