Then my own neurosis, and maybe being a Libra gets in the way, and I can’t make up my mind. "I just continue to try to write from a place of hope. "When I was writing the record we were in the middle of a pandemic and our future looked pretty bleak," Rateliff explains in the band's bio. It's the group's first album together since 2018's Tearing at the Seams. Most importantly, The Future reflects the anxiety of an uncertain future worldwide. Retreating to his Broken Creek Studio outside of Colorado, Rateliff began thinking out songs for The Future, which not only shows off his many dimensions, but the versatility of the Night Sweats too. Rateliff's early 2020 solo album, And It’s Still Alright, was his first release on his own in nearly seven years while his tour was cut short due to Covid, the grief-stricken nature of Rateliff's lyrics fit the mood of that year. Several years ago, Rateliff wondered if his big success as frontman with the Night Sweats would derail the impact of his own solo recordings, getting lost in the band's brassy shuffle. It does not store any personal data.The Future consolidates Nathaniel Rateliff’s introspective side as a singer and songwriter with his skills as a charismatic bandleader. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Rateliff steers the band’s charisma with his own magnetism, creating a alluring record and passionate performance. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats deliver a debut that is exciting and loveable an effort whose retro influences are palpable, but never become indistinguishable or repetitive. In Shake the band treats us to a psychedelic sensuality, offering a refreshing and captivating take on retro sultriness, before Mellow Out plays us out with a charming, breezy tenderness that would make Otis Redding bliss out. The rollicking track, which could as easily find its home in the barroom as it could at the pulpit, offers up a spirited sermon about frenzied recklessness, as well as the real sadness of veiled struggles.īeautiful motifs shared between horns, organ and electric guitar wail above unrelenting percussion in Look It Here, as Rateliff utters bitter, bittersweet sentiments: “I’ve got a love so hard I can’t stand it / and with a heart so weak and abandoned”. The mild-mannered introspection of the country-kissed Wasting Time does its best to calm nerves after the foot-stomping anthem S.O.B. The more languid groove of Howling At Nothing is intoxicating and enchanting, while Trying So Hard Not To Know revels in Rateliff’s blazing belt and gritty gusto. The horn-driven romp that marches ever onward, accompanies Rateliff’s handsome howl as he proves to be an unrelenting force from the outset. I Need Never Get Old opens the deluge of upbeat fever.
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweat’s self-titled debut album, produced by Richard Swift (The Black Keys, The Shins) and released by legendary label Stax is a rattling and rowdy collection of irresistible soul that retains the integrity, conviction and deeply personal thematic content characteristic of Rateliff’s output. Now set with a 7-piece ensemble behind him, Rateliff sets the honest, melancholic folk of his solo efforts ablaze with feverish soul. Since the release of his critically acclaimed In Memory of Loss in 2010 Nathaniel Rateliff seems to have been slowly accumulating band members on his travels.
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