King Tuff’s premieres official video for
“Madness” via TheFADER, shares updated tour dateshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTXzhbaE8qw Direct support for Father John Misty (select dates)
Tour highlights include Canadian Music Week, Sasquatch,
Levitation, Sled Island, Forecastle Festivals
'Black Moon Spell' available worldwide via Sub Pop
You can now watch King Tuff’s new, epic GoPro filmed-Mike Wartella directed video for "Madness," a standout from his acclaimed and latest album, Black Moon Spell.
The FADER, who premiered the new visual, says of the clip, “A grungy-looking performance clip with some wacky angles, funny effects, and other clever touches. It's very King Tuff, which means that it's a good time to rock out to and basically makes you feel like you're in the same room as Tuffy and the boys. Cool! Here's the man himself to offer some further comment: "The video for 'Madness' was shot by the famous lunatic Mike Wartella on our tour in January. It acts as a visual love letter to our fans and it also documents our romance with smoke machines and gorillas (see video premiere March 25th).”
In further exciting news, King Tuff has added dates to his spring & summer tour schedule in support ofBlack Moon Spell. The trek is currently underway, with a 15-date tour as direct support for label mate Father John Misty (March 25th-April 20th / select dates). There are also two new headlining shows to mention at this time: April 2nd in Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom and May 7th in Toronto, ON at Lee's Palace.
Additionally, King Tuff has confirmed a few festival appearances, including: May 2nd in Winooski, VT at Waking Windows Festival; May 23rd in George, WA at Sasquatch Festival; May 8th in Toronto for Canadian Music Week; June 5th-7th in Vancouver, BC for Austin’s Pych Fest: Levitation Festival; June 24th-28th in Calgary, AB at Sled Island Festival; And July 17th-19th in Louisville, KY at Forecastle Festival. Please find a complete list of tour dates below.
Black Moon Spell, featuring the highlights ‘Madness,” “Eyes of the Muse,” “Headbanger,” and the title track, was produced & mixed by Bobby Harlow at Studio B in Los Angeles, CA, with the exception of “I Love You Ugly” and “Radiation,” which were produced by King Tuff. Black Moon Spell is available now through the Sub Pop Mega Mart, iTunes and Amazon.
What people are saying about King Tuff & Black Moon Spell:
“Thomas wins the 2014 glam-rock revival, plain and simple; Black Moon Spell is loaded with sterling examples of the genre from front-to-back.” [First Listen] - NPR Music
“Los Angeles-based singer-guitarist Kyle Thomas turns his love for Black Sabbath-style metal and T. Rex-style glam into exuberantly scuzzed-out-neo-Seventies guitar rock…But the real treat is his musical showmanship and the grimy guitars, especially on songs like the sweetly lascivious “Sick Mind.” He transforms his heroes’ black magic into debauched fun.” - Rolling Stone
“Crunchy riffs, sugary power-pop harmonies and a general beatific dudeness… Your fantasy coast-to-coast road trip will be poorer without this." - The Guardian
“Thomas is a master craftsman with pedigree and Black Moon Spell is scuzzy, wired and bulging with Marc Bolan vocals, riffs Jimmy Page forgot to stick on a Zeppelin album and a bunch of outrageously catchy choruses. Big fun." - NME
“Kyle Thomas' King Tuff returns fiercer than ever with his take on psychedelia and classic rock, with generous doses of headbanging, humour and sentimentality. Black Moon Spell is an impressively diverse album, from the ballad "Staircase of Diamonds" and slick greaser tune "Eddie's Song" to the pared down acoustic "Ugly" and Ramones-y "Sick Mind.” [8/10, Review] - Exclaim!
“If the self-titled record was the test to see what exactly King Tuff was capable of, Black Moon Spell is the streamlining of those results, adjusting them to achieve maximum impact. If you found the replay value of King Tuff to be pretty high, this one’s going to raise the bar.” - Passion of the Weiss
"Heading straight back into the studio with a mission to freak the fuck out, what emerges is sheer, primordial garage rock ooze. Unrelenting from the off, Black Moon Spell is visceral rock 'n' roll, all blood, sweat, tears and outrageous riffs.” - Clash
"Black Moon Spell is defined by cataclysmic, thrashing crescendos and the kind of grubby riff that tends to be found in Jack White’s “DON’T OPEN: TOP SECRET” drawer.” “His most impressive bit of songwriting yet.” - DIY
“Kyle Thomas has made noise with a lot of different bands: Happy Birthday, Feathers, Witch. But he really hit his artistic stride when he renamed himself King Tuff and started knocking out snotty, scabby, attitudinally glammed-out garage rock. King Tuff’s new album Black Moon Spell... rips and snorts and kicks and struts.” STEREOGUM
Now, with Black Moon Spell, Thomas seizes that amphetamine groove and launches it into a glittering explosion. It’s an album whose fiber is built on the smoky cigarette haze of a dimly lit dive bar — best served with whiskey and a raucous crowd. Even through charges of distortion and screeching, fuzzed-out guitar, the hooks are catchy as hell, churning out infectiously sunny waves and sharply angled guitars. Thomas’ energy is palpable, and his magnetism smacks of the nervy core of late ’70s rock. -Consequence of Sound |
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Tour Dates
Mar. 26 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse* [Sold Out]
Mar. 27 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel* [Sold Out]
Mar. 28 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club* [Sold Out]
Mar. 31 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club* [Sold Out]
Apr. 01 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer* [Sold Out]
Apr. 02 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
Apr. 03 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theater* [Sold Out]
Apr. 04 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave* [Sold Out]
Apr. 07 - Lawrence, KS - Granada*
Apr. 08 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium*
Apr. 09 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater* [Sold Out]
Apr. 13 - Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse* [Sold Out]
Apr.14 - San Diego, CA - North Park Theatre* [Sold Out]
Apr. 16 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore* [Sold Out]
Apr. 17 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore* [Sold Out]
Apr. 20 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre*
May 02 - Winooski, VT - Waking Windows Festival
May 23 - George, WA - Sasquatch Festival
May 07 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
May 08 - Toronto, ON - Canadian Music Week
Jun. 05-07 - Vancouver, BC - Levitation Festival
Jun. 24-28 - Calgary, AB - Sled Island Festival
Jul. 17-19 - Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
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