Overlook is the fourth album by Maria Taylor, released on August 16, 2011, on Saddle Creek Records.

After moving back to her hometown of Birmingham, Taylor was unable to write for nearly a year, eventually composing the entire album over two weeks during a break in touring with Azure Ray.

[2] Overlook was engineered by Birmingham musician Les Nuby, who also played drums and guitar,[3] and also features her brother Macey Taylor of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band on bass, banjo, organ and keyboards [4] and Browan Lollar of St. Paul and The Broken Bones on guitar.

[5] On May 12, 2011, Saddle Creek announced the upcoming release of Overlook and that Taylor would be supporting Jason Isbell on a full U.S. tour.

[7] The video for "Matador," featuring 15 musicians performing around a fire, premiered on Paste on November 21, 2011.