Overdrive Orchestra’s Chris Cranick augments band’s ‘loud guitars’ with diverse solo melange
John Sinkevics
When Overdrive Orchestra frontman Chris Cranick recorded his 2018 solo debut album, “Nostalgia Is Killing Us,” it was admittedly a self-recorded, DIY affair with instrumental limitations.
“It was almost like I was trying to prove something. I was in a weird place in my life,” the West Michigan musician recalled of the “cathartic experience.”
So for the follow-up, “A Light Within the Dark,” being released May 15, Cranick was “in a much different headspace” and ready to push toward a more indie direction with a full band sound to support his writing.