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. Additionally, Rateliff made 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. That’s nice, too.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. I don’t get recognized as much without my hat. Sometimes the easiest way to do that is by changing the visual appearance. It’s also good to let people know there is a separation between this and the Night Sweats stuff. I noticed you weren’t wearing your favored wide-brimmed hat during the first video for the record. Experience can’t help but make me a different musician than I was then. Those previous songs are a little more easygoing. I do want this record to be a departure from those earlier days. In the last few years, I’ve revisited some of the older material or done shows by myself. I always feel like that has been there waiting. Was it difficult to get back to that place? It’s really just an opportunity to let people know that we are capable of doing whatever sound we feel like. Also, most of the Night Sweats are in the band that will tour with me. I think it’s healthy and best for me to continue to challenge myself, push myself, and try new things out. Some other fans will probably be upset that we don’t have a new Night Sweats record coming out. Is it exciting to throw something completely different out into the world? Photo courtesy of Scott Legato/Getty Images The Night Sweats stuff is always about big energy. It comes from a different place, with a different intention as far as delivery. But it’s certainly sonically very different. I guess the content is always kind of the same because it’s me writing about the way I see the world. Many fans only know you from the Night Sweats. The idea was that even though all of those things were happening, I can continue to find joy, persevere through all those situations, and not let that define my life. I guess you can look at the title, And It’s Still Alright. It was certainly a challenging time, and a lot of songs on the album touch on those topics. That’s some heavy stuff to have to work through. Not only did you lose Swift, you also recently got divorced. It just felt like it was time to let go of some stuff.
Songwriting is the way I learned to deal with and get over certain things in my life. This was a record that he and I were going to make together, and some of the material has been around since I was making the second Night Sweats album with him. Nathaniel Rateliff: My producer and friend Richard Swift died. Here, Rateliff spoke with 5280 about the misfortunes that inspired the music, going solo again, and why he’s keeping his trademark wide-brimmed hat in his closet.ĥ280 : It sounds like you’d been contemplating a solo album for a bit. Now, after two successful albums with the Night Sweats, Rateliff returns to the role of solitary crooner on And It’s Still Alright, which will be released February 14. Those folksy acoustic songs earned him high-profile admirers in Colorado, such as then Governor John Hickenlooper, but didn’t garner much play outside the Centennial State. Sign up today!īefore he and the Night Sweats stormed onto the national stage in 2015 with a foot-stomping, self-titled record, Nathaniel Rateliff was a solo artist with a softer sound. The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado.
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