KING TUFF "Bad Thing"

King Tuff self-titled album is out today on Sub Pop
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 watch new video for “Bad Thing” via YouTube Music
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 Updated summer US tour schedule

Co-headline tour with Jaill (July 17^th - 28^th);
Festival appearances include Capitol Hill Block Party
on July 26^th + LouFest August 25^th\
 

Watch “Bad Thing” here
Stream ‘King Tuff’ here

King Tuff’s self-titled follow up is out today on CD, LP and digital formats.  To celebrate the release, he’s unleashed the first video for the album’s lead single, “Bad Thing” via YouTube. The clip, directed by C. Thornhill Dewitt, stars King Tuff along with a group of friends who visit a haunted house. Chaos (+hilarity) ensues.

King Tuff will kick off a headline tour to support the release that begins on May 31^st in Visalia, CA at Cellar Door and wraps up on July 14^th in Cleveland, OH at Now That's Class. King Tuff will also make an appearance at St. Louis, MO's Lou Fest on August 25^th.

King Tuff will also join labelmates Jaill for a co-headline tour beginning July 17^th
in Minneapolis, MN at the Triple Rock Social Club and wrap up on July 28 in San Diego, CA at the Soda Bar. On July 26^th, the pairing will also visit Seattle's 16^th annual Capitol Hill Block Party.

In related news King Tuff was the #1 most added album at CMJ last week. The LP is also #2 album on FMQB Sub Modern commercial specialty chart.

What people are saying about King Tuff:
“King Tuff is full of fizzy melody and leering guitar, and graced with lush, detailed production. The whole thing sounds as if it were made by a Marc Bolan more into baseball caps than feather boas.” – SPIN

“There's the too-appropriately-titled opener "Anthem", carried by a double-neck lead begging to be greeted with devil horn gestures. There's the Lynyrd Skynyrd-esque boogie of "Stranger", the freewheeling and fun "Baby Just Break", and climactic closer "Hit & Run". Album highlight "Bad Thing" is Hunx's Hairdresser Blues spiked with brown liquor, equipped with a supercharged chorus.” - Pitchfork

“With a bluesy swagger and thick reverb gloss, Thomas pays loving homage to T. Rex and retro glam bands; despite the long hair, sunglasses, black denim, stud lettering, thrift-store accessories, sports jerseys, and spandex, he isn’t going for parody or novelty. King Tuff bops and boogies to simple, raw melodies, a throwback to a time when people actually danced to guitar-driven songs.” – The Onion AV Club

Tour Dates
May 31 - Visalia, CA - Cellar Door
Jun. 01 - Oakland, CA - New Parish
Jun. 09 - Brooklyn, NY - 285 Kent*
Jun. 10 - New Haven, CT - Intercambrio*
Jun. 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's*
Jun. 13 - Baltimore, MD - Golden West  Cafe*
Jun. 14 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwells*#
Jun. 15 - Burlington, VT - Signal Kitchen*
Jun. 17 - Easthampton, MA -  Flywheel*
Jul. 05 - Long Beach, CA - Alex's Bar
Jul. 06 - Tucson, AZ - Plush*
Jul. 07 - Las Cruces, NM - Train Yard
Jul. 09 - Austin, TX - Red 7 (Patio)#
Jul. 10 - Dallas, TX - City Tavern#
Jul. 11 - Little Rock, AR - Sticky Fingerz#
Jul. 12 - Nashville, TN - Stone Fox#
Jul. 13 - Bloomington, IN - Russian Recording#
Jul. 14 - Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class^
Jul. 17 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club**
Jul. 21 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret**
Jul. 22 - Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party**
Jul. 23 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir**
Jul. 25 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's**
Jul. 26 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill**
Jul. 27 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo**
Jul. 28 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar**
Aug. 25 - St. Louis, MO - LouFest

*w/  Habibi
**w/  Jaill
#w/ Natural Child