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Hey, King Tuff Made a New Record

Nick Gazin asked Kyle if he'd tell him stuff and he said yes.

Hey, King Tuff made a new record!

His last record, Was Dead, came out in 2008, but was actually recorded in 2003. King Tuff has been the sleeper hit of pop music for this past decade until about a year or two ago when people finally learned what's up and are all now in love with this guy and his music. He's kind of a band-a-holic; he was in the folk group Feathers, is still in Witch with J. Mascis, and is also in Happy Birthday. Then he does this King Tuff thing, which is his home recording project.

King Tuff's records feel big to me, like listening to T-Rex. They sound a little like T-Rex, when Kyle "King Tuff" Thomas sings in a soft, slithery tone, but they feel like T-Rex more than they sound like T-Rex. King Tuff's songs have a big and shiny feeling, like listening to Metal Guru. Musically, it reminds me of the Rolling Stones, Nobunny, and some other similar poppy rock 'n' roll that makes you feel good.

We're in an interesting age because there are a lot of good records coming out that feel like they're from the past without feeling like they're made by nostalgia hounds, self-consciously aping an era of music they weren't alive during. I guess I would call this music "timeless." King Tuff, Hunx, Nobunny, and a lot of the stuff that Burger Records is putting out just feels so timeless to me and cool without being affected.

King Tuff's sophomore release is amazing and won't disappoint the people who loved his last King Tuff record. There are large pop numbers with awesome loud drums, soft pretty ones, and then the amazingly rockin' "Bad Thing," which is giving me chills when Kyle yells the chorus.

Read the interview over at NOISEY.