After spending a few years exploring his gentler, more singer-songwritery side, Kyle Thomas moved back home to Vermont, dug out his old guitar and tape machine, and welcomed back King Tuff the rocker in all his gritty, grungy glory on 2026’s Moo. The first track — “Twisted on a Train” — is a call to arms of sorts, with live wire guitar riffs coiling around thumping bass and drums, then exploding into shards of shattered noise as Thomas lets loose and dashes away any remnants on the calm found on his previous album. Smalltown Stardust was truly a magical record, full of warmth and sweetness, but it makes sense that someone raised on rock like Thomas would want to break free of the chains of restraint. There are loads of gnarly guitars on the record, drums…

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