King Tuff, the psychedelic garage rocker otherwise known as Kyle Thomas, is making a comeback this spring with a brand new album titled MOO. The album is a follow-up to 2023's Smalltown Stardust.

After relocating to his hometown of Burlington, Vermont, Thomas embraced a back-to-basics approach for MOO, reminiscent of his earlier work.

According to a press release, Thomas recorded MOO using the same Tascam 388 that he used for his 2013 debut album, King Tuff Was Dead. Each copy of the record will also include The Daily Moo newspaper. Thomas describes his approach to the album as a raw, unfiltered expression:

> I stopped caring if there were mistakes. There’s not enough mistakes. I wish it sounded even worse. Rock & Roll is the music of rodents and bugs. It should sound like it crept from a decrepit trashcan or a crypt or a toilet. It is not chill or vibey, autotuned or on the grid. It is not perfect, which is why it’s perfect. And I don’t care if it’s dead or alive, cool or uncool: when I hear it, and when I play it, as a chubby and balding 43 year old punk weirdo, I FEEL ENERGIZED

The album's lead single, "Twisted On The Train," is an upbeat rocker about being high on an Amtrak observation car. Kyle Thomas directed the black-and-white video for the track. Here's what he says about the track:

> I wrote and recorded the whole dang song in the span of a few hours, which was basically the opposite of how I had been working in the computer. Spending hours moving waveforms around like a zombie, comping vocals, second guessing, trying to make things sound not lifeless, trying to make anything sound good at all, took months. But here on the tape, it was so much more alive. More like painting or collaging. More like making actual music. Every move I made stuck like super glue. It was effortless. It was pure joy.
King Tuff

In support of the new single and album, King Tuff will be embarking on a North American tour this spring. Check out the "Twisted On A Train" video, the MOO tracklist, and the tour dates below.

TRACKLIST:
01 "Twisted On A Train"
02 "Stairway To Nowhere
03 "Invisible Ink"
04 "Landline"
05 "Crosseyed Critters"
06 "Oil Change"
07 "East Of Ordinary"
08 "Unglued"
09 "Delusions"
10 "Backroads"

TOUR DATES:
4/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
4/17 - Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s *
4/18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie *
4/19 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd Music House *
4/21 - Raleigh, NC @ Kings *
4/22 - Atlanta, GA @ The EARL *
4/24 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa *
4/26 - Austin, TX @ 29th Street Ballroom *
4/29 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
4/30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium *
5/01 - Ojai, CA @ Ojai Women’s Center *
5/02 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel #
5/04 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza #
5/05 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #
5/07 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge #
5/09 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall #
5/12 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
5/13 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall ^
5/15 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme ^
5/16 - Toronto ON @ Sound Garage ^
5/17 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB ^
5/19 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground ^
5/20 - Portland, ME @ SPACE ^
5/21 - Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom ^
5/22- Boston, MA @ Middle East Upstairs ^
5/23 - Brattleboro, VT @ Stone Church ^

• with Morgan Nagler

with Gabriel Bernini

^ with Mod Lang

MOO is out 3/27 on Kyle Thomas' own MUP Records, via Thirty Tigers. Pre-order it here.

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