Nathaniel Rateliff IN MEMORY OF LOSS Rounder Records 6190972 Stunning solo debut
Initially from Missouri and now based in Denver, Nathaniel Rateliff previously fronted two bands, Born in the Flood and the Wheel. Now he emerges as a solo artist on Rounder Records and stakes his claim to be this year’s Bon Iver. Initially recorded as bedroom demos the songs here have been polished like cut diamonds into a very desirable item. With a distinctive voice that is seductive and idiosyncratic, Rateliff can also sound like Smog’s Bill Callahan at times. While there are moments of mild cacophony such as the Sparklehorse clang that drives Shroud and the shards of electric guitar on A Lamb On The Stone, the gemstones here are a brace of sparse, elegant and wearied meditations on life.
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