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Futurebirds
Futurebirds
Background information
Origin	Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Genres	Rock And Roll
Years active	2008–present
Members	Thomas Johnson; Spencer Thomas; Carter King; Brannen Miles; Daniel Womack; Tom Myers; Kiffy Myers
Past members	Payton Bradford ; Dennis Love ; Johnny Lundock ; Jeff Wilson
Website	www.futurebirdsmusic.com

Futurebirds are an American Rock and Roll band formed in 2008 from Athens, Georgia, United States.^[1] Their first album, Hampton's Lullaby, was released via the Aquarium Drunkard imprint, Autumn Tone Records, on July 27, 2010. Their self titled EP was re-released in February 2011 and their second EP, Via Flamina, was released in April 2011.

Overview edit

Futurebirds are known for their high energy shows. Their music incorporates reverb-soaked four-part harmonies supported by pedal steel guitar, rhythmic percussion, banjo, mandolin, and acoustic and electric guitars with heavy feedback, and has been described as 'psychedelic country'.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The band has often shared the stage with Widespread Panic, Drive-By Truckers, Dead Confederate,^[5] The Whigs, Blitzen Trapper and Jonny Corndawg. During summer 2011 the group toured with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals on the Bonnaroo Buzz Tour and performed twice during the Bonnaroo festival.^[6]^[7]

Discography edit

Studio albums edit

Hampton's Lullaby (2010), Autumn Tone
Baba Yaga (2013), Fat Possum
Hotel Parties (2015), Easy Sound
Teamwork (2020), VL4L Records

Live albums edit

Seney-Stovall (2012)
Thanks Ya’ll (2023)

EPs edit

Futurebirds (2009), Self released - reissued (2011), Autumn Tone
Via Flamina (2011), Autumn Tone
Baba Java (2014), VL4L Records
Portico I (2016), Easy Sound ^[8]
Portico II (2017), Easy Sound ^[9] Re-released as Portico, a full-length compilation with Portico I in 2018 on VL/4L Records.
Bloomin' (2021), featuring Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket
Bloomin' Too (2022), featuring Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket
Ghoulin' Around (Available only Oct 19th - Oct 31st 2022) Halloween Bandcamp-only release, with plans of re-release next halloween

Split/Single edit

'Painted Tears' (2015), A-side split single. B-side 'Too Little, Too Late' by T. Hardy Morris. Record Store Day release

References edit

^ Leahey, Andrew "Futurebirds Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-07-05
^ Hyden, Steven (2010) "Hampton’s Lullaby", The A.V. Club, August 10, 2010, retrieved 2011-07-05
^ Maine, David (2010) "Futurebirds: Hampton's Lullaby", PopMatters, September 14, 2010, retrieved 2011-07-05
^ O'Rear, Caine (2011) "School Of Athens: An Interview With Futurebirds", American Songwriter, June 22, 2011, retrieved 2011-07-05
^ "Road Report: Dead Confederate Head West With Futurebirds Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine", Spinnermusic.co.uk, September 8, 2010, retrieved 2011-07-05
^ Sherfey, James (2011) "Q&A with Futurebirds", onlineathens.com, June 23, 2011, retrieved 2011-07-05
^ Madison, Tjames (2011) "Q&A: Carter King of Futurebirds Archived 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine", soundspike.com, June 1, 2011, retrieved 2011-07-05
^ "Futurebirds will release Portico I on November 4, with companion Portico II to follow in early 2017 • Red Light Management". Redlightmanagement.com. November 2, 2016.
^ "Futurebirds: Portico II". Relix.com. November 30, 2017.