This is not to say, he won’t get there and there are signs of growth here on The Future. He has risen too quickly, hasn’t necessarily earned his glowing reputation but instead, fills a void that listeners desperately want filled. There’s no doubt he’s listened to his fair share of Sam Cooke and Bobby “Blue” Bland records, but this writer is not quite ready to put Rateliff alongside those names just yet. Many have hailed Rateliff as a modern-day version of early Van Morrison or Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals. They have a precious duty in holding up the practically sacred reputation of the Stax label, and perhaps feeling that their sound was a bit too emulative of other blue-eyed soul singers or in a few ways too formulaic, they embarked on a more introspective direction in making this album. You’ve likely heard the singles and/or seen videos for “Love Don’t,” “Survivor,” and “What If I” from this effort, which is sure to garner the humongous hype this band gets. Of course, they have a live album and Rateliff has two solo albums. The soul-rock collective Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats seem so well established that it’s hard to believe that The Future is just their third studio album.
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