Nathaniel Rateliff should be about 87 times more famous than he currently is. It’s inexplicable, really. He does great quiet, pensive folk like the first song below. And he also does great upbeat, foot-tapping, timeless rock like the second song below.

After you press play on those two songs, you’ll probably want to buy everything he’s ever put out, so here’s a link to tide you over until his new, as-yet-untitled LP is released on August 25th.

RIYL: Van the Man, Gregory Alan Isakov, good music