Hand painted on brown cardboard sleeves, the above image is an example of Futurebirds 2009 eponymous EP. Its contents feel just as DIY. Based in Athens, GA, the band’s incredibly strong six-song debut pays lo-fi homage to three decades of cornbread-fed psych, folk and and rock ‘n roll with production values reminesnct of Tennessee Fire era MMJ. Megachills, indeed.
MP3: Futurebirds :: Dirty D
MP3: Futurebirds :: Megachills
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That is damn good and a damn good description as well.
1 | Woody December 16th, 2009 at 12:09 pmFuturebirds Rip!
2 | MacGarvis December 29th, 2009 at 2:49 pmLoving this.
3 | JC January 21st, 2010 at 11:39 am[...] first caught wind of the Athens, GA based Futurebirds courtesy of Aquarium Drunkard. Their write-up went something along the lines of this – blah, blah, blah sounds like [...]
4 | Futurebirds Debut EP, Download for FREE [Album Review, SxSW 2010] — HearYa - Indie Music Blog January 28th, 2010 at 8:01 amdiggin.
5 | Chris January 29th, 2010 at 4:33 pmjust awesome!
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6 | Ugglan February 4th, 2010 at 6:35 am[...] impromptu, house party somewhere off South Congress. These guys are, in a word, the truth. As I mentioned last Fall, Futurebirds inhabit a space somewhere in between Tennessee Fire era MMJ, a cornbread-fed [...]
7 | Aquarium Drunkard » Futurebirds :: The AD Interview (SXSW 2010) 48 Hours/Five Shows March 29th, 2010 at 8:22 amFuturebirds live in Athens! Recorded April 22nd!
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=300991
8 | Andy April 26th, 2010 at 1:10 pmThis link doesn’t require a log in:
http://southernshelter.com/2010/04/futurebirds-40-watt-42210/
9 | Jay April 26th, 2010 at 1:18 pm[...] was first turned on to Futurebirds by the fine folks at Aquarium Drunkard who described the band as “reminiscent of Tennessee Fire era My Morning Jacket”. Now Aquarium Drunkard offshoot label Autumn Tone Records is set to release the debut LP from [...]
10 | Futurebirds | EP & Hampton’s Lullaby | los grillos May 26th, 2010 at 11:21 am[...] Making music with what’s available to them, and doing whatever they can to make it. We described them before as DIY, and it is just as blue-collar, unpretentious and unfettered as that. Their lyrics [...]
11 | Aquarium Drunkard » Futurebirds :: Dirty D/Megachills June 10th, 2010 at 9:08 pmIsnt the author of this blog also the owner of the record label housing Futurebirds new release. What is this? An Advertorial review?
12 | Paul August 10th, 2010 at 9:03 am@Paul – Autumn Tone didn’t release this EP, but if we did I would absolutely still write about it.
13 | Satisfied '75 August 10th, 2010 at 3:15 pm