The Futurebirds and Lee Bains and
the Glory Fires played Bottletree, Tuesday. The headliner, Dead Confederate, recently received some press regarding
their new album, Sugar. After doing a leg of a tour with Dinosaur
Jr., Dead Confederate teamed up with Dinosaur producer, John Angelo, for the
new album. But I didn’t go to the
Bottletree to see Dead Confederate. I
went because of a buzz surrounding this band with a cool name—Futurebirds. Of course, it’s always great to see Lee Bains
do his thing. In fact, Tuesday was the
first time I’ve seen his new group, Lee Bains and the Glory Fires, and I was
impressed.
Anyone who goes to see local,
original bands has most likely seen Bains with his former project, Arkadelphia,
or as one of the many guitarists the Dexateens have featured over the
years. Bains is one the most exciting
performers to see in Birmingham. He can
rip the guitar, he sweats, he moves and he sings his ass off. In a way, he’s sort of like Rudy, except with
a heap of talent. You know, he’s the guy
giving it the most energy out 
there, but there’s no question of whether or not
he makes the team. Tuesday night, he
killed it. His new outfit, the Glory
Fires, are overstaffed but competent.
Bains’ new tunes retain the
southern qualities of his Arkadelphia days, but he seems to be leaning towards
some soul influence. It sounds like he’s
been listening to plenty of Muscle Shoals and Memphis soul recordings from the
60’s and 70’s. I told him his singing
channeled Eddie Hinton, which is an incredible compliment as far as I’m
concerned. His new songs have a groove
absent in his previous output, and, personally, I think he should dive into
this mode head first.
His rhythm section, Blake
Williamson and Justin Colburn, possesses the ability to achieve vintage soul
grooves, which is rare. They should,
however, refuse to be called the Glory Fires. This paints a lewd picture in my head of a bathroom stall with a
circular cut-out. The Glory Fires also
have two sharp guitarists other than Bains, and, as good as they are, they are not
needed. As I mentioned, Bains can
sing and play guitar—I mean he can do it. Having three guitarists likens them to the Dexateens and other southern rock
bands unnecessarily. It also makes them louder and less focused than they could
be. I’m not saying cast away their
southern roots, I’m just saying two guitarists with their kind of ability is
plenty. Although, I would love to see them add someone on organ and keys sounds. Overall, they were great, and, as new as they
are, they could become a local force.
All that being said, the highlight
of the night was Futurebirds, another band from Athens, Ga. They were lighthearted and seemed to be
having a great time. The entire set they
were jumping around, enjoying themselves. They have six members, four of which
are singers in the band. These four
members also switched instruments, some or all of them playing electric and
acoustic guitar, banjo and drums. The
bassist and pedal-steel player stayed put. The band successfully played songs written by four different members and
still retained a focused, defined sound. This is a unique achievement. Their
genre on myspace is listed as, “bro-fi,”—fabulous.
Their reverberating sound was
reminiscent of other indie bands heavily influenced by Americana and other
roots music. Their harmonies weren’t as
tight as the Fleet Foxes, and there guitar work was not as intricate as My
Morning Jacket, but they have the enthusiasm and style to more than make up for
there lack of technical ability. I like
a loose band anyway. It shows that
they’re living rather than rehearsing, which is so much better. Their quartet of singing was fantastic,
creating huge refrains over a sea of pedal-steel and guitar saturated with
reverb. The band is distinctly southern
without being hokey and viable on the indie music scene without being
pretentious.
I regret having missed Dead Confederate. They played after Futurebirds, and it was past my bedtime. I haven’t heard it yet, but check out their new release called, Sugar. Also, Futurebirds have an album out named, Hampton’s Lullaby. Lastly, I hear there will be a release, recorded by Tim Kerr, from Bains and them. When? I don’t know.
[Editor's note: Grey may have missed Dead Confederate, but for more info on them, see Birmingham Weekly music writer Brent Thompson's feature about them.]
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