We love everything we’ve heard from Athens, Georgia’s Futurebirds. They wowed us in May with their jangle-y performance of Serial Bowls off of their resonant recent album, Baba Yaga (review upcoming).  As we wrote before, their sound is a masterful mix of real country (assisted by the pedal steel playing of Dennis Love and the four vocalists’ discernible twangings), harder rock elements and four-part harmonies.  And their lyrics are just like we like ’em:  oblique, but evocatively heavy, and left largely to the listener’s interpretation/application.  Now comes their performance of Death Awaits live in-studio for HearYa.com below.  Listen in to this sad-but-true song that will appeal to fans of My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses, Neil/Crazy Horse and others.  Afterwards, you can download mp3’s from the HearYa session for free HERE.  By all accounts, the band shines brightest live.  They are just finishing up a leg of their tour and will head back out in September.  Check out the dates HERE.