How do you escape the pain of losing loved ones, how do you revive wounded values in this era when America is threatened by self-destruction? For Nathaniel Rateliff and his band of Southern Democrats against all odds, the solution is in esprit de corps. It is about denouncing the selfish in Heartlessnot to despair in the eternal repetition of the fight of David against Goliath, and, above all, we must want better. Yes, Everybody Wants Somethingnot without reason most often, but we must collectively wish for the salvation of souls: I Would Like to Healsings the indomitable Nathaniel. This fourth album is intended to be the last card played against a full table of false chips with loaded dice. R&B, folk-rock, Stax-allegiance soul, Springsteenian rock, even Beatlesque pop, all the authentic music of the last century seems to have answered Rateliff’s rallying cry, and are stakeholders in a merciless fight. Let’s follow them. Nothing is lost.
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