KING TUFF – MOO (w/ bonus Riso insert) – LP – Vinyl [MAR 27]

LP – Indies Exclusive Limited Edition Black Vinyl with bonus insert.

Moo is the first wide release on my new label MUP! When I decided to make a new record, it only seemed right to go back to what brings me the most joy, which is, Rock & Roll music. I got my Tascam 388 fixed, the same tape machine I had used to record my first album, King Tuff Was Dead. It had been sitting in my parents house in Vermont for the past 14 years, but I had finally dragged it out to LA. I stopped caring if there were mistakes. Theres not enough mistakes. I played my old, blue, Gibson SG, Jazijoo, and she spewed mangled electrified gold. For once, I sang and I didnt hate my voice. I played the drums badly and bounced them in mono to one track and it sounded like glorious shit. 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 its perfect. And I dont care if its 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. All in all, MOO is a full circle moment. A return to form. A return to rock. A return to Vermont. A return to myself. Reconnecting the dots. Restarting the engine. Plugging in the stack. Finally letting King Tuff be King. Fucking. Tuff.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Twisted On A Train
2. Stairway To Nowhere
3. Invisible Ink
4. Landline
5. Crosseyed Critters

Side B
1. Oil Change
2. East of Ordinary
3. Unglued
4. Delusions
5. Backroads