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From Colorado’s elevated terrain comes something equally atmospheric—Overhang’s “Parasomnia” marks their first release as a full band, vibrating with the peculiar energy of high-altitude insomnia. The track transforms mountain state consciousness into emotional leverage, using reduced oxygen and crystalline light to craft something uniquely positioned between earth and atmosphere.

“The glow in the evening on your outline” opens the narrative with the specific kind of sunset that mountain dwellers know—that moment when peaks and sky perform their nightly color exchange before surrendering to darkness. But this is no mere landscape painting in sound; it’s an examination of how memory haunts sleep.

The lyrics map a geography of absence: someone tossing and turning, conversations held in unconsciousness, a slap across the cheek preserved in perfect detail. Each image floats through the mix like dust caught in mountain sunbeams, neither settling nor dispersing completely.

With their first single as a complete lineup, Overhang demonstrates how multiple perspectives can illuminate a single emotional truth. The full-band arrangement creates depth without sacrificing intimacy, each instrument occupying its own layer of consciousness. These aren’t just parts being played; they’re states of mind being explored.

The repeated phrase “Tell me again” serves dual purposes—both as plea to an absent figure and as trigger for the memory to restart its loop. When the narrator admits “It’s no wonder/I can’t sleep,” it’s not just personal insomnia being documented but a collective state of restlessness.

Time works strangely in “Parasomnia,” just as it does in dreams. “Two years away” feels simultaneously like eternity and instant, while “how you took your time” suggests both comfort and torture. The production mirrors this temporal distortion, creating pockets of space where memory can pool and collect.

What distinguishes this track from standard dream pop fare is its grounding in specific environment. The thin mountain air becomes another instrument in the mix, adding space between notes that wouldn’t exist at sea level. This is music that understands how altitude shapes both sound and psyche.

The way the track handles dynamics suggests a band that has found its collective voice. Each surge and retreat feels organic rather than imposed, like weather systems moving across high plateaus. There’s confidence in these choices that belies the single’s status as their first full-band release.

“Parasomnia” suggests that Overhang has found something vital in Colorado’s elevation—a perfect vantage point for observing how memories float and settle, how sleep refuses comfort, how the mind creates its own twilight states. This isn’t just another shoegaze single; it’s a dispatch from the space between waking and dreaming, where mountain air meets memory.