


In 2013, following the release of his introspective 2013 solo outing, Falling Faster Than You Can Run, Rateliff formed the Night Sweats to bolster a set of more energetic songs hed been working on. The 3rd album bfrom Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. The Future, his dynamic third album with the Night Sweats, arrived in November 2021. Very few bands can pull off a combination of styles as seamlessly as Denvers. Nathaniel Rateliff once again demonstrates that he is a writer and performer of the highest order. Head further in, and you’ll find the cooing comfort of softer moments with “Face Down In The Moment” and “Something Ain’t Right”, the breezy sway of the lounge-y “Baby I Got Your Number”, and get swept up by the buoyant “I’m On Your Side” - its chorus exploding into life as the group’s brass brigade take charge.īoisterous closer “Love Don’t” leaves no doubt that the Night Sweats are revelling in being a unit once again, after having spent the past few years apart, and they’re all the better for it. Robs Album Of The Week: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats The Future. It is an album of and to our times that looks straight into our moment and, to paraphrase a. It’s followed by the record’s lead single “Survivor”, a hard-hitting foot stomper through which Rateliff sneers and barks. The Future is a testament to the power and musical evolution of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. The title-track starts off proceedings and sets the mood perfectly: there’s warm swells of brass, dreamy slide guitar, the rhythmic strum of acoustic guitars, and Nathaniel Rateliff baying to the heavens.
