King Tuff Touts Tour Dates Supporting New Album ‘MOO’

King Tuff – Burlington, Vermont-based musician Kyle Thomas – will hit the road this April and May on a tour supporting his upcoming album, MOO. The record, arriving on March 27 through his newly established MUP Records imprint/Thirty Tigers, features the single, “Twisted On A Train.”

After exploring new musical territory with his 2023 album Smalltown Stardust and 2018’s The Other, Thomas sought a return to his initial stylistic approach. He went back to Vermont and, with his trusty blue Gibson SG guitar, recorded MOO on the same Tascam 388 tape machine that captured his 2008 debut album, King Tuff Was Dead.

“I stopped caring if there were mistakes,” Thomas revealed. “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.”

King Tuff will tour across the United States and Canada in support of MOO. The run kicks off on April 16 in Brooklyn and continues through the South, Southwest, West Coast, Midwest and Northeast before wrapping on May 23 in Brattleboro, Vermont. Morgan Nagler, Gabriel Bernini, Mod Lang will provide support at different venues.

Scroll for additional ticket and tour info and to watch the Thomas-directed “Twisted On A Train” video (caution: contains strobe effect):

MOO Tracklist

1. Twisted On A Train
2. Stairway To Nowhere
3. Invisible Ink
4. Landline
5. Crosseyed Critters
6. Oil Change
7. East of Ordinary
8. Unglued
9. Delusions
10. Backroads