![]() ![]() So I really respect him and appreciate his opinion. I think it should go first.” And I just kind of leaned into that. I had sent him an early version of “The Future” and he was like, “So, this one is going first on the record, right?” And I was like, “You think so? I didn’t even know if it should be on the record.” And he said, “It absolutely should be. I brought in Bradley Cook to finish the record and produce for us. And after the second session, I just felt pretty lost as to what I should do and what songs should be on the record and what songs were going to be Night Sweats songs or if some of the songs I was writing were solo project songs. ![]() In the process of making the record, we had three sessions where we were recording and had all gotten together. How important was it to sort of begin the album that way? I read that the first song you wrote for this album was “The Future.” And on it you really address the times - greed for instance. Friday, Septemin Telluride, Colorado Photo by Barry Brecheisen Nathaniel Rateliff performs on stage with The Night Sweats at Telluride Blues and Brews Festival. I don’t feel like we’ve really made it out of any of the issues we were dealing with in 2020. So that’s definitely what I was writing about and thinking about - and, at times, thinking about the potential of our future being not a very good one.Īnd sometimes it still feels that way. ![]() But, yeah, like you said, the thread through the songs is certainly kind of looking at what our future is. I try to write from a kind of observing the bleakness perspective while trying to have some hope in there. NR: Well, everything looked pretty bleak at the time. What was the internal dialogue like as you started to ruminate on the ideas that would come to define the songwriting on this album? 2020, 2021 was an interesting time to ponder the future. As far as writing goes, I spend a lot of time reading science fiction and history books. I’ve always loved Bob Dylan and Townes Van Zandt. NR: I’ve always been a big Leonard Cohen fan. Who are some other favorite storytellers whether it’s musicians, writers or anyone else? Sunday, Septemin Telluride, Colorado Photo by Barry Brecheisen The Future’s lead single, “Survivor,” debuts today.Nathaniel Rateliff performs on stage as part of the Lukas Nelson Super Jam at Telluride Blues and. 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 recognizable, the new work has evolved and pushes the band to a new level. The third studio album from Nathaniel Rateliff & The NIght Sweats, The Future, caps off a run of career milestones for Rateliff and the band, including a debut on “Saturday Night Live” 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.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. ![]()
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