Futurebirds - Far Out Country Tour
About This Event
Futurebirds, the Athens, Georgia rock/pop group that blends alt-country songwriting with jam-band elasticity, brings its road-minded, live-first approach to Irving Plaza on the Far Out Country Tour. The bill also features Nashville alt-country artist Joelton Mayfield, whose hard-hitting set and recent release "Afterlife" sit alongside Futurebirds' ensemble-driven grooves that stretch and reset rather than chase spectacle.
About Far Out Country Tour
Far Out Country Tour comes to Irving Plaza for a rock/pop set that frames touring as both routine and ritual. Futurebirds are featured, bringing a Southern-leaning band sound into a Midtown room built for loud guitars and close listening. Irving Plaza’s long history as a proving ground for touring acts gives the night a small New York kind of significance, even when the material is rooted elsewhere. The music treats distance and belonging as usable subjects, not stage banter.
About the Artists
Futurebirds
Futurebirds is an Athens, Georgia–based rock/pop group formed in 2008, working in the overlap between alt-country songwriting and jam-band elasticity. Early releases introduced a road-minded sound shaped as much by touring as by the studio.
Joelton Mayfield
Official site of Joelton Mayfield, hard-hitting alt-country based in Nashville, TN. "Afterlife" out now.