In Memory Of Loss is a stunning, heartbreaking sonic document chronicling the life of Denver-by-way-of-Missouri songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff (who formerly performed as The Wheel). Both fresh and classic, it is imbued with a melancholy and rough candor. No wonder Time Out New York says Rateliff conjures "the ghosts of Nick Drake and Gram Parsons." While recording In Memory of Loss, Rateliff lived in Chicago, working with producer Brian Deck (Iron and Wine, Josh Ritter, Califone) to craft the nuances: mournful harmonica on "You Should've Seen the Other Guy," the ominous organ of "Longing and Losing," propulsive bass drum on "Early Spring Till." Rateliff recorded the album with his band: Ben DeSoto (drums), Julie Davis (bass, vocals), Carrie Beeder (violin, cello), James Han (piano), Joseph Pope III (guitar, vocals). Whether Rateliff is harkening an "old time revival" on the gospel-infused tune "We Never Win" or singing a drunken tale of a barroom brawl on "You Should Have Seen The Other Guy" (a song inspired by Rateliff's bootlegger great-grandfather) he delivers the words with a chilling raw emotion with a low rasp that's part Neil Diamond, part Nick Cave.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Once in a Great While
2. Early Spring Till
3. We Never Win
4. Brakeman
5. Longing and Losing
6. Oil & Lavender
7. Shroud
8. You Should've Seen the Other Guy
9. Whimper and Wail
10. Boil & Fight
11. When We Could
12. A Lamb on the Stone
13. When You're Here
14. Happy Just to Be