Futurebirds formed at the University of Georgia and have spent nearly two decades building their audience the same way every enduring road band does — show by show, room by room, until Rolling Stone had to say it out loud: “the most captivating rock act touring today.” On September 5, they bring the Far Out Country Tour to Lark Hall in Albany.
About the Show
The tour is behind Far Out Country, a double album released June 5 on Dualtone Records: 18 songs divided into “The Day World” (Volume I) and “The Night World” (Volume II). Carter King described the concept as “two different lenses of the 3D movie glasses.” Volume I was tracked live-to-tape at Sonic Ranch in the Texas borderlands; Volume II came together across smaller studio sessions. Grammy-winning producer Brad Cook, who helmed their previous album Easy Company and has since worked with Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman, returned to the project, with backup vocals from Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Richmond Americana artist Maggie Antone.
The creative pivot at the center of the record: for the first time, the band’s three frontmen, Carter King, Thomas Johnson, and Daniel Womack, each sing tracks written by the others, not exclusively their own. “We’ve never really done that before,” Womack said, “and it opened us up, creatively.” The album ranges from acoustic Americana to heavier, psychedelic rock, and Americana Highways found that with three distinct songwriters and voices, the record “rarely settles into a predictable groove.”
The New Yorker called them “masters of reverb-steeped country rock infused with Southern charm”; USA Today went with “mixing Neil & Crazy Horse with My Morning Jacket.” The Far Out Country Tour has been in motion since June, moving through Ardmore, Boston, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and Phoenix before Albany, which arrives the day after a September 4 date at Rhythm & Roots in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
Venue & Logistics
Lark Hall holds 300 on Hudson Avenue in Albany, a room sized for the “wild, sweaty spirit” the band’s own site describes in their live performances. The Far Out Country material covers a lot of sonic ground, but it was built partly in a live room for exactly this reason. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. Attendees under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Tickets
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