![]() ![]() ![]() Now certified Gold in the U.S., it has sold over a million records worldwide. The band’s self-titled debut album was a breakout success. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats are Rateliff (vocals, guitar), Joseph Pope III (bass), Meese (drums, percussion, keys), Luke Mossman (guitar), Mark Shusterman (organ, keys), Andreas Wild (saxophone), Daniel Hardaway (trumpet) and Jeff Dazey (saxophone). The Future caps off a run of career milestones for Rateliff and the band, including a debut on “Saturday Night Live” in March featuring the premiere performance of “ Redemption,” written and featured in the film, Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake as well as an appearance on “CMT Crossroads” with country singer/songwriter Margo Price while Rateliff’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” premiered on NPR Music. Additional production was added by musician, engineer and producer Elijah Thompson (Father John Misty, Richard Swift) while Jenny Lewis, Jess Wolfe (Lucius) and Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso) contributed backing vocals. Recorded at Rateliff’s own Broken Creek Studio outside of Denver, The Future was produced by Bradley Cook (Bon Iver, Kevin Morby, The War on Drugs) and R.M.B.-the production trio of Rateliff, Patrick Meese (The Night Sweats) and James Barone (Beach House)-who were the team behind Rateliff’s acclaimed 2020 solo album, And It’s Still Alright. The song concludes with Rateliff singing, “I’m afraid that the weight of the world is catching up to you / I’m afraid to admit that it’s catching up to me too / Does the weight continue to grow until it finally buries you?” Listen to/share the track HERE. The Future’s lead single, “Survivor,” debuts today. There is this constant back and forth battle in me personally and I am sure that comes out in my writing.” 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. “I look at the album overall as a big question,” notes Rateliff. ![]() While recognisable, the new work has evolved and pushes the band to a new level. Beautiful stuff.Īs he told Rolling Stone about the message of And It’s Still Alright, “I think this album is a reminder that we all go through hardship, but regardless of the hardship everything ends up where it’s supposed to.Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats return with their third studio album, The Future, released on November 5 via Stax Records.įor the recording, Rateliff and The Night Sweats escaped to his new Colorado studio to write an album’s worth of songs, shedding light on their unique observations and songwriting reflecting on our current times. It’s hauntingly beautiful and he sings it with a world-weariness that wrenches the heart, even as the songs speak to hope and resilience. Tearing at the Seams is the latest Night Sweats record, while Nathaniel’s third solo effort, And It’s Still Alright, is a testament to surviving loss (his marriage and the death of Night Sweats’ record producer, Richard Swift) and retaining the strength to see beyond the pain. He set the Denver music scene on fire with a vision he told Rolling Stone was, “writing as if The Band and Sam & Dave had a band together.” Despite the huge acclaim he and the band now know - including top-tier gigs such as opening for the Rolling Stones -they are remaining in Denver, rooted and at home. Since then, the humble, hard-working Rateliffe, who left his hometown of Hermann, Missouri for Denver in 1998 with his best pal, Night Sweats bassist Joseph Pope III, has released not only a second, remarkable Night Sweats album, but solo work that, if possible, is even more gut-wrenchingly honest and introspective. So dynamic is this band and so raucous its performances, that following Rateliff’s first appearance in 2015 on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, none other than Paul McCartney phoned Fallon in amazement, wondering, “Who was that guy?” Fallon has said the band has an invitation for life. Rich in soul and stomping, brassy R&B-inflected rockers, Night Sweats music is propelled by Nathaniel’s raw, confessional songwriting and emotional, leave-it-all-on-the-stage singing. When we hosted Colorado’s own Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats in 2015, we knew this white-hot band was no fluke. ![]()
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