Greetings all, hoping this message finds you well! Ovrfwrd has been adding classic tracks to the 2026 live setlists, and we are excited to share that includes the track, "Utopia Planitia", from the album "Fantasy Absent Reason", written by Chris Malmgren. The inspiration for this song is 2-fold. Utopia Planitia is a vast, ice-rich plateau on the planet Mars. This geographic spectacle is the largest impact basin in the solar system, with a turbulent history, suggestive of lava

In light of the recent eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii, we asked Mark Ilaug to speak to the Ovrfwrd track that bears its name. "That music was something I wrote and played on guitar a long time ago, not even sure when. I would change and rearrange parts and it evolved quite a bit over the years. I never really did anything final with it, but it was always there. It never had a name. In 2017, as we were writing and doing pre-production for Blurring the Lines…A Democracy Manifest

Greetings and Happy 2026! We hope folks are doing well and have enjoyed the holiday season! To celebrate the New Year, we are sharing a Bandcamp discount code for 20% off everything in the store through 1/11/26. Please visit  Ovrfwrd Bandcamp  to apply code: ovrfwrd2026 2025 saw some GREAT shows as we met and played with some new bands, new fans, and got to visit some new places. We performed in venues old and new, including Dusty's, 331, Schooner Tavern, Know Name Records (R