Strange Americans and Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts

It’s the kind of music that the Carhartt-wearing hard-working industrial beer-drinking regular Americans would listen to — the ones who could end up on an episode of TV’s Dirty Jobs. It’s a little raw a bit loud unapologetic and honest. It’s Americana rock and roll and it’s something that Denver’s Strange Americans are crafting with both brawn and finesse like a hot rod mechanic bringing back an old barn find.

In a sense Strange Americans are rescuing something from the rust pile — straight-forward no frills rock and roll and a matching aesthetic that is heavy on songwriting and storytelling but presented with reverb-drenched punch and passion — the way The Band or Crazy Horse would have done it.

Strange Americans have three full-length records A Royal Battle (2012) That Kind of Luster (2014) and Borrow You Brother (2017) along with the 7″ vinyl Places (2015).  Borrow You Brother was recorded with Echo Lab engineer and producer Matt Pence (Centro-matic Justin Townes Earle). Strange Americans are currently recording their fourth full-length album.

Rockford IL-based Miles Nielsen has spent nearly a decade enthralling audiences with music that draws force from the prime years of Western-influenced rock music and classic ‘60s soul. Claiming influences as diverse as Otis Redding’s classic soul and Jellyfish’s cult power pop recordings.

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