![]() You’d have to think his mama would be proud. YetĮven when he overshoots, Rateliff’s restless throwback sound feels like it’s The dusky “Babe I Know,” he sounds more fatigued than uplifted. Babe, I'm letting you know Saying love don't treat you like that, yeah, I know Only thing I wanted was to try and find a new way Lately, I've been feeling that it might be the ending of. Suppleness of classic soul singers when he taps into his inner Sam Cooke on ![]() “While I needed you, it was never a choice of mine,” he offers in the jubilant-sounding “Be There.” Rateliff really hits emotional pay dirt in “Hey Mama,” in which a mother chastises her son for feeling sorry for himself: “You ain’t run far enough to say my legs have failed.” While not strictly autobiographical, the song hints at Rateliff’s own tragic backstory (his father was killed in a car accident when Nathaniel was in his early teens), sounding convincingly pained as the Night Sweats horns surge behind him.Ĭan be guilty of overwriting, as in the jumble of raging-wildfire images thatĭrag down “Still Out There Running.” His husky voice can lack the A big Leonard Cohen fan, he sprinkles Cohenesque lines throughout the album. Rateliff remains a brooding party animal. They were joined on-stage by Lucius who sang backgrou. Lyrics for Babe I Know by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. Asked on the red carpet about her song picks for the two nights, Cash said, Oh, I got in there early, man, and asked for what I wanted Lovin’ Her (or Him, in this case) on. Meanwhile, the cautiously optimistic “You Worry Me” shows the band is interested in more than just simulations of R&B past, burnishing modern guitar rumble with light electronics. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats perform Babe I Know in Vancouver, BC, as part of their 2019 tour. ![]() Rooted in a grinding sax and a caffeinated groove, “Intro” recalls interracial Sixties soul band the Electric Flag. Reflecting the Night Sweats’ relentless touring since their breakthrough, tracks like the largely instrumental shuffle “Shoe Boot” are punchier than anything on their debut, jacked up by swelling organs and the band’s plump horn section. Unsurprisingly, Rateliff doubles down on roadhouse retro for Tearing at the Seams, his second album with the Night Sweats, which arrives after a quickie EP and a live album. ![]() Jean Carroll at Town Hall, as His Fans Cheer Him On ![]()
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