Maximum R&B that shakes, sweats and ripples with echoes of Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and Bang Records-era Van Morrison. What’s not to love with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns? The new album has not escaped the notice of, like, anyone. Their show at Johnny Brenda’s overran the venue’s 200 person capacity in, like, seven minutes and the show got bumped up to the TLA (capacity 1,000,000), which they promptly sold out. Sometimes the good guys win.
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS PLAY THE TLA ON NOVEMBER 7TH