I recently picked up King Tuff's "Was Dead" lp and I must say, the King's brand of Volkswagen Vanagon punk is really hitting the spot. Apparently these songs have been floating around on CDRs for a couple of years now - unbeknown to me - but, the fine people at The Colonel Records were gracious enough to give them the official release they deserve. Kudos to The Colonel. "Was Dead" is a real slow burner, channeling the clean, treble guitars of Television, dumbed down via the Ramones, and blasted through the barbiturate haze of Joe Walsh's "Barnstorm." There are some power pop flourishes on a number of tracks, but thankfully King Tuff's a little too baked to recede into simple Milk N' Cookies worship. The result is the best record of the year to dub to cassette and blast in your AMC Gremlin. Let the good times roll.
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