Heavy Rotation – Nic Armstrong and the Thieves

“The Greatest White Liar” by Nic Armsrong and the Thieves would have been an absloute smash in 1965. In 2005 it willl just have to settle for being a terrific rock record. If you’re into The Kinks or the early blues-soaked Rolling Stones then you will dig this record for sure (and you should be into The Kinks and early Stones, btw).

I first heard the first single, “Broken Mouth Blues”, back in March but I only bought the album a month or two ago. It reminds me of 2003′s Truly She Is None Other by Holly Golightly, in that it’s definitely a 60′s rock feel and sound without sounding dated like a lot of these recent garage revival bands. It’s what I imagine those first Stones and Beatles records sounded like when they were brand new.

I want to send you to the link at nicarmstrong.com with the video for “Broken Mouth Blues” but as of this morning, 5.30.05, his site is down due to some bandwidth problems.

So instead I will host and offer “Broken Mouth Blues” until he gets back up and running. This is the single that prompted me to buy the album. It’s really good.