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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Apr 16, 2024 18:00:57 GMT -5
If the countdown on the band's website is any indication, the song should be coming out on Friday. Until then, they've been performing this song live for months.
Impacting AAA on Monday, per JBE.
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Post by Orbit on Apr 19, 2024 14:31:35 GMT -5
Official lyric video:
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Post by macattack on Apr 19, 2024 22:37:16 GMT -5
This is very, very good, as is typical for a Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats lead single. Honestly, it's a better The Head And The Heart song than that band has managed in quite some time, but it has the typical neo-soul flourishes of The Night Sweats nevertheless. I could see this doing damage on Alt if it's pushed there.
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on Apr 20, 2024 23:09:20 GMT -5
I might need some time for it to grow on me more, but I think for the first time this year, a larger format name brings a leadoff that is actually worth a damn.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 23, 2024 6:20:16 GMT -5
Top 50 on AAA:
0 46 NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS Heartless 120 0 120 0.288
Reaching #1 in 3, 2, 1....
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 24, 2024 10:53:41 GMT -5
Top 40 on AAA:
0 38 NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS Heartless 174 0 174 0.402
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 25, 2024 6:23:18 GMT -5
Top 30 on AAA:
0 29 NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS Heartless 224 0 224 0.512
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 29, 2024 10:02:32 GMT -5
Top 20 on AAA:
64 20 NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS Heartless 367 82 285 0.745
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on May 6, 2024 6:23:18 GMT -5
Top 10 on AAA:
20 10 NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS Heartless 518 367 151 0.929
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Post by The Party Captain on May 13, 2024 2:06:45 GMT -5
Good for them. They’re my favorite band right now that’s still relevant, and the way they’re played on The Spectrum, you’d think they were keeping AAA alive.
I like seeing them take on some indie folk, and I think this could outperform anything off The Future.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on May 15, 2024 6:01:51 GMT -5
I think this could outperform anything off The Future. I can't see this doing as well as "Survivor" at the very least. It's not as uptempo and there's no proper chorus - these two reasons are why I think won't do much at Alternative. Also, we're not sure how long Hozier would be at #1. I can see this hitting #1 seeing how devoted the format is to him, but compared to the six weeks Survivor spent at the top, I do not see this lasting as long.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on May 19, 2024 20:42:57 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
55 50 NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS Heartless 128 79 49 0.086
Still don't think it's gonna do much here.
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Post by macattack on May 20, 2024 1:45:39 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative: 55 50 NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS Heartless 128 79 49 0.086 Still don't think it's gonna do much here. I've looked into it and I don't think Stax/Concord is officially pushing this to Alt. It's getting curiosity adds because Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats have been a consistent presence on Alt for close to a decade at this point, but there's no indication of any marketing of this single. Stylistically, this has the most similarities to a typical 2nd radio single by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. More experimental, slower, reflective, less obvious hooks. That's because Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats' typical lead singles usually shoot to the top of AAA in a month or less, forcing Concord to market a split single by pushing the original single to Alt while sending this slower-paced 2nd single to AAA to keep that format happy before sending a unified 3rd single to both Alt and AAA. It feels like to me that Stax/Concord got tired of that strategy and sent what's normally the AAA-exclusive 2nd single as the lead radio single, but still keeping it exclusive to AAA. I suspect they're getting the rapid rise and fall of the typical lead single to AAA out of the way so the 2nd and 3rd singles can be pushed concurrently to Alt and AAA (and Active if they feel like it).
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Post by The Party Captain on May 21, 2024 4:18:52 GMT -5
I think this could outperform anything off The Future. I can't see this doing as well as "Survivor" at the very least. It's not as uptempo and there's no proper chorus - these two reasons are why I think won't do much at Alternative. Also, we're not sure how long Hozier would be at #1. I can see this hitting #1 seeing how devoted the format is to him, but compared to the six weeks Survivor spent at the top, I do not see this lasting as long. You don’t need a chorus for an indie folk song. Just a happy little chant is fine. The Head and the Heart have gotten by with less for years.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on May 21, 2024 5:48:06 GMT -5
I can't see this doing as well as "Survivor" at the very least. It's not as uptempo and there's no proper chorus - these two reasons are why I think won't do much at Alternative. Also, we're not sure how long Hozier would be at #1. I can see this hitting #1 seeing how devoted the format is to him, but compared to the six weeks Survivor spent at the top, I do not see this lasting as long. You don’t need a chorus for an indie folk song. Just a happy little chant is fine. The Head and the Heart have gotten by with less for years. Guess I should clarify, I'm talking about with overall radio success, not just AAA. Even without a chorus, as a whole this is slower than their other songs on Alternative, which is also why, for example, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Fleet Foxes etc. don't chart on Alternative and only the latter has a AAA hit as a main artist (unless you count "Weird Goodbyes" which was more of a National song) despite all being very popular indie folk acts. Also, the Head and the Heart's last era flopped on Alternative, and their post- Let's Be Still singles all had hooks. I just don't think this will be a bigger hit than "Survivor" was.
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Post by altguy on May 21, 2024 16:46:21 GMT -5
Record is being added at quality alt stations on merit. Label has not as of yet launched at that format. Impressive.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on May 22, 2024 7:57:23 GMT -5
Top 5 on AAA:
8 5 NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS Heartless 654 561 93 1.101
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