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quiet thread, no surprise...
i fell hard for was dead and played near to death in the waning aughts, so much so that its pleasures eventually wore a little thin*. and treesh otm abt witch, esp the doomier first album, easily my favorite release of its type & era (thinking dead meadow, witchcraft, etc). the self-titled second KT album from a couple years back is right up there with the debut, though it doesn't seem to have attracted the same "instant classic" word of mouth among garage rock tastemakers. for whatever reason, and despite the fact that basically everything else kyle's done clicked with me instantly, i never got the hang of that birthday party album. production a little too sharp, tunes a little too flat, i dunno, something out of balance.
anyway, seems there's a new king tuff LP out in a couple months via sub pop. first single isn't grabbing me, but who knows, maybe i'll come around:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8plRAslJBLc#t=82
* come fair times or fowl, i will never not want to hear "sun medallion":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgVO4stIEgI
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/KT_Sun_Medallion_3_crop1sm_zps67974778.jpg
yeah, third spin (headphones!) and i'm sold. laptop speakers weren't doing me any favors. dunno what it evokes, i'm terrible at making those sorts of connections, but several elements jump out at me as either familiar or reminiscent: the intro jangle, the chorus and especially the heavy, shoegazy riff that crops up @ abt 2:20. midsection is the best part.
He sure is. You can chart trends in indie rock by looking at the music he's made over the past decade: freak folk in the early oughts in the midst of the Golden Apples boom? Check. "Stoner metal" in 2006? Check. "Garage-y pop punk" in this, the era of Segall, Wavves, etc? Check again. Is there a trip hop album he's made that I am unaware of?
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 7 August 2014 15:06 (nine years ago) link
three weeks pass...
ten months pass...
I love King Tuff so much. He's built his own little world and it reminds me of maybe The Misfits or something, so in love with trash culture and how it's all tied in to hanging out with your friends and growing up and stuff. So much fun; so many tunes. He should be massive
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 09:53 (eight years ago) link