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May 29, 2012The seamless quality of the songs also speaks to the album as a whole, which is conceived as an album, but not a concept. The songs lead into one another, harken back, fuse together into one big rock statement that says nothing more than rock n' roll itself. King Tuff is fun and that's all you can ask.
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May 29, 2012Calling on a series of well worn rock staples, King Tuff is a fine album that pushes no boundaries, but is quite content to get the party started.
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May 29, 2012Feel-good nostalgia meets the stoned Dazed and Confused-types and the glam-punks halfway. The album's fuzzed-out appeal ... makes it a summer go-to disc.
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Jun 12, 2012The results, especially when they give equal time to his natural charm and knob-twiddler Bobby Harlow's clearly natural talent ("Keep On Movin'"), are nothing short of spectacular.
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May 29, 2012King Tuff feels like the couch surfer friend you invite to your house party, the one who's often charming and fun but will not leave until every last drop of beer is gone.
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May 29, 2012A fully realized summer record from the street to the beach to the campfire.
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Q MagazineOct 12, 2012More quality control wouldn't have gone amiss. [Jul 2012, p.104]
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UncutSep 28, 2012The album, reminiscent of Jon Spencer at times, exudes a deep love of rock 'n' roll on each track. [Nov 2012, p.77]
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Aug 9, 2012Thomas has a near prodigy-like ability to generate indelible hooks that pull from a relatively deep well of inspiration.
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Jun 29, 2012This sticky mess is his best yet.
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Jun 25, 2012The greasy, catchy garage-pop on the Vermont-bred singer's second record sneers like convenience store parking lot stoners.
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Jun 7, 2012Though it may lack a song with the immediacy of something like "Girls FM," the tracks on King Tuff represent some of the best work of the career of a man who's hopefully just getting started.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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Jun 22, 2012