The album’s best and most original moments arrive with Rateliff’s incisive lyricism. Rateliff’s characteristic wordplay feels strangely ominous as he sings with an understated, almost nonchalant melody, “I’m afraid that the weight of the world is catching up with you/ I’m afraid to admit that it’s catching up to me, too.” The 3rd album from Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. Gritty guitar stabs slice over tubby bass. Nathaniel Rateliff once again demonstrates that he is a writer and performer of the highest order. The Night Sweats was his last-gasp attempt at the big time, a neo-soul combo that helped reposition the Denver troubadour as a soul mana transition aided by producer Richard Swift, who became. “Survivor” sounds like The Black Keys, who of course sound like Howling Wolf and Muddy Waters and a huge swath of African American musical geniuses. The Future sounds like a band at play, unleashed in a new studio and isolated because of the pandemic, exploring the musical influences it’s always loved. This departing from familiar territory and paying tribute to key influences on the first song sets the tone for the rest of the album. The song feels different from anything else in Rateliff’s oeuvre, a word he likely never imagined being applied to his musical output. The title track ends with some honky-tonk piano, but doesn’t really feel like a Night Sweats song without some horn blasts. World Clinic I Telliskivi Loomelinnak, Telliskivi 60a/3.
Rateliff holds the syllable of the word “seen” with the resolute defiance of a young Robert Zimmerman. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future (Limited Black Ice Vinyl) Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats present their 3rd studio album. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS - The Future (Ltd Edition) LP. “Is the future open?/ Is the future seen?” he sings. The opening title track begins with acoustic and pedal steel guitars before Rateliff’s voice suddenly emerges, nasally and surprisingly Dylan-esque.
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