Futurebirds

Quick little heads up on a band you should listen to... Now!!!

The Futurebirds rock! From Athens Georgia, this band seams to channel tons of sounds and influences evoking everything from early MMJ to Drive by Truckers to John Mellencamp... I know weird. These guys really seem to have fun, and you can hear it in their recorded works. The music makes me want to drink whiskey on a hot summer day, just to see what happens. Saw these guys at a very scarcely attended show at the Rickshaw stop about a year ago. I was a bit worried that when they saw only ten or so of us in attendance they would be a bit disappointed.

Not to be. Soon ten of us turned to 20, and by the end a good little crowd of 50 or so were white man dancing through the night.

Check out their first self titled E/P. Couple of my favorite tunes of theirs including Dirty D and Megachills kick it off. Their first full length is titled Hampton's Lullaby and pushes the sound a bit more country.

Raddest thing of all, I think every member of the band sings lead at some point throughout..... good stuff!