The Story
For the recording, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats escaped to Nathanielâs new Colorado studio to write an albumâs worth of songs, shedding light on their unique observations and songwriting reflecting on our current times. While recognizable, the new work has evolved and pushes the band to a new level.
âI look at the album overall as a big question,â notes Rateliff. âWhen I was writing the record we were in the middle of a pandemic and our future looked pretty bleak. I just continue to try to write from a place of hope. Then my own neurosis, and maybe being a libra gets in the way, and I canât make up my mind. There is this constant back and forth battle in me personally and I am sure that comes out in my writing.â
Recorded at Rateliffâs own Broken Creek Studio outside of Denver, The Future was produced by Bradley Cook (Bon Iver, Kevin Morby, The War on Drugs) and R.M.B.âthe production trio of Rateliff, Patrick Meese (The Night Sweats) and James Barone (Beach House)âwho were the team behind Rateliffâs acclaimed 2020 solo album, And Itâs Still Alright. Additional production was added by musician, engineer and producer Elijah Thompson (Father John Misty, Richard Swift) while Jenny Lewis, Jess Wolfe (Lucius) and Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso) contributed backing vocals.
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For the recording, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats escaped to Nathanielâs new Colorado studio to write an albumâs worth of songs, shedding light on their unique observations and songwriting reflecting on our current times. While recognizable, the new work has evolved and pushes the band to a new level.
âI look at the album overall as a big question,â notes Rateliff. âWhen I was writing the record we were in the middle of a pandemic and our future looked pretty bleak. I just continue to try to write from a place of hope. Then my own neurosis, and maybe being a libra gets in the way, and I canât make up my mind. There is this constant back and forth battle in me personally and I am sure that comes out in my writing.â
Recorded at Rateliffâs own Broken Creek Studio outside of Denver, The Future was produced by Bradley Cook (Bon Iver, Kevin Morby, The War on Drugs) and R.M.B.âthe production trio of Rateliff, Patrick Meese (The Night Sweats) and James Barone (Beach House)âwho were the team behind Rateliffâs acclaimed 2020 solo album, And Itâs Still Alright. Additional production was added by musician, engineer and producer Elijah Thompson (Father John Misty, Richard Swift) while Jenny Lewis, Jess Wolfe (Lucius) and Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso) contributed backing vocals.
