And It’s Still Alright

AlbumFeb 14 / 202010 songs, 42m 19s
Singer-Songwriter
Noteable
69

5.0 / 10

Setting aside the retro R&B vamping of his group the Night Sweats, the Denver singer-songwriter returns to the sad-sack folk of his roots.

7 / 10

Denver troubadour tackles difficult issues with subtlety on new LP

Review: Nathaniel Rateliff's 'And It's Still Alright'

Kevin Parker’s first release since cracking the global mainstream slickly polishes a dancier sound, while Nathaniel Rateliff’s latest takes a while to reveal the singer-songwriter’s killer instinct 

By the time Nathaniel Rateliff reinvented himself as the fiery retro-soul dynamo behind the 2015 hit "S.O.B.," he'd already spent well over a decade plying his trade as a sort of journeyman songwriter, first fronting a popular Denver-based roots rock band, then releasing a handful of earnest acoustic solo albums during the early-2010s indie folk boom without gaining much traction.

8 / 10

Nathaniel Rateliff's latest solo full-length, And It's Still Alright, was seven years in the making, but well worth the wait. Steeped in hea...

8 / 10

Nathaniel Rateliff has enjoyed success as the leader of the Americana/soul band the Night Sweats.

The rock journeyman goes it alone with a grief-imbued album that treads a thin line between meaningless and profound

7 / 10