And It’s Still Alright peaked at #3 on iTunes’ “Top Albums” chart, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s “Americana/Folk” chart, landed at #2 on their “Current Rock” chart and resided at #1 on the Americana Albums Chart for eight consecutive weeks. Last year, Rateliff released his first solo album in seven years via Stax Records. Their sophomore album Tearing at the Seams debuted in March 2018 to widespread critical acclaim and included three singles which hit #1 at Triple A Radio. 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. “I’ve got the feeling that I can heal,” Rateliff sings on “Oh, I.” He and his band do exactly that on “The Future.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. The lyrics explore wary optimism in an unforgiving world. Here they're integrated so beautifully, often lifting and carrying the load. The Night Sweats’ horn players - Andreas Wild, Jeff Dazey, and Daniel Hardaway - aren't added as an afterthought like many horns in bands. Other highlights are “What If I” and the foot-stomper “Love Don’t.” Each song feels like a comfortable pair of vintage jeans, perfectly lived-in. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 2015 You Worry Me Tearing at the Seams (Deluxe Edition) 2018 I Need Never Get Old Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 2015 S.O.B. The Bob Dylan-esque title song leads to the funky “Survivor,” the meditative “Face Down In the Moment” and the soulful “Love Me Till I’m Gone,” which has “A Whiter Shade of Pale” vibe. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Featured Album The Future 11 Songs Top Songs See All S.O.B. “The Future” marks something of a reunion for Rateliff & The Night Sweats, who spent 2020 apart as the frontman toured behind his solo folk album, “And It’s Still Alright.” This is Rateliff’s first album with the Night Sweats since 2018′s “Tearing at the Seams.”
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