Still, unlike plenty of guys in hats and beards who’d like to make meaning, he never sounds self-serious, pompous, or sanctimonious. There’s no irony in this song’s name it’s one of the saddest tunes in all of Pearl Jam’s canon. Sad Lost Dogs (2003) An undertow of futures laid to waste, embraced by the loss of what he could not replace. But he’d clearly like to say something with his music, and the singer-songwriter side of his talent doesn’t always come into focus. The combination of regret and nostalgia are palpable in the song’s harmonies and swaying, slow rhythm.
If Rateliff just saw himself as a history-loving belter riffling through received idioms, it wouldn’t really matter.
Their lived-in versatility is always impressive - from the gale-force Van Morrison gusto of “Love Me Til I’m Gone,” to the Funk Brothers pulse that pushes “Love Don’t,” to the low-key Bill Withers-style romance of “Baby I Got Your Number.” Rateliff’s ability to go from conversational coffeehouse mutter to roadhouse bluster has a similar dynamic command, and it makes the music feel urgent even when his lyrics don’t rise above well-intentioned bromides the heart-yanking gospel grandeur of “Face Down in the Moment” deserves something a little more specific than “every moment that you wait now is a moment slipped away,” and “I’m On Your Side” lands its search for solace on lines like “there’s a chance to see if we just open up our eyes.” The Night Sweats often suggest a more wide-open, somewhat jam-band-y Rocky Mountain version of the Dap-Kings’ funk-soul attack, and you can imagine The Future appealing equally to fans of Dave Matthews and Amy Winehouse. That’s a good theme for this band, who sound inspired even when they’re merely channeling influences.
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