
Related: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Wrap 2021 Return To Red Rocks, Share “Survivor” Video īoth renditions highlight themes displayed across the album: the tension between hope for the future and the unbridled malaise affecting the present. Staying true to the album version of the song, his voice turns into an instrument in its own right, adding some percussive “do-do’s” in lockstep with the bassline. Throughout this performance, Rateliff moves around the stage quite a bit thanks to the freedom of not having a stationary microphone stand. Carrying a more jazzy feel, the song trades distorted guitar for swaying clean tones. The slower, more sensual “Baby I Got Your Number”, conversely, sees Rateliff sans guitar and with a microphone in hand. Replete with punchy, distorted guitar and compliments from the horn section, the song builds to an impressive apogee that hears the frontman belting its titular refrain, “You think that I’m just/ Some great survivor”, triggering a roar of applause from viewers in the studio. Rateliff dons his Fender guitar for the boisterous romp through “Survivor”, which appears as the second track on The Future, and saw a music video release back in August.



This appearance saw the band perform “ Survivor” and “Baby I Got Your Number” for Jimmy Fallon and his audience, two songs from the recently released album, The Future, out via Stax Records. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats were the featured musical guest on Tuesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
