“Things just seem to happen naturally when the three of us get together.” “Every step of the way has just been so organic,” says drummer Alex Garcia. Now, the breakout San Diego trio is ready to deliver yet another landmark first with the release of their highly anticipated, self-titled debut. The band’s first club dates led to a record deal with the revered Daptone label their first singles racked up more than ten million streams in a year and garnered attention from Billboard, Rolling Stone, and KCRW and their first fans included the likes of Gary Clark Jr., The Black Pumas, Princess Nokia, and Timbaland.
An instant classic of 11 songs, the album presents something more sustainable, interesting, and indeed open-a songwriter and band growing into bigger questions and sounds, into a future that allows them to remain recognizable but be so much more compelling than some denim-clad caricature.įor Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. The result is The Future, the third Night Sweats album but the first to capture this octet’s true depth and breadth. When Rateliff returned from his pandemic-truncated solo tour in March 2020, he struggled with the same question that vexed so many of us then-what now? Fortunately, he returned to his Colorado homestead and penned a set of songs that synthesized his introspection with his anthemic inclinations. To wit, is there any other modern act capable of revving up stadium crowds for The Rolling Stones while also appearing on Saturday Night Live and CMT Crossroads and at NPR’s Tiny Desk in short order?
They’ve had hits, sure, but their combustible mix of soul and rock quickly cemented them as the rare generational band who balanced ecstatic live shows with engrossing and rich records. Since 2015, Rateliff has led his denim-clad, horn flanked Night Sweats, supplying the zeal of a whiskey-chugging Pentecostal preacher to songs about this world’s shared woes. It took Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats less than five years to become one of the most recognizable new forces in contemporary rock ’n’ roll.
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