Album Review: King Tuff Makes Everyone Feel Alike In “The Other”

For King Tuff, music and nature are his religion. They are two entities that are cosmic in their capacity to save your soul when you choose to connect to them. Several times, a good song or a look up to the sky has lifted my spirit, and, in The Other, King Tuff affirms that the biggest life-savers an be right there in front of you.

Life can leave you breathless in good and bad ways. When you feel you have no place or idea on where you should be, life feels like an invisible noose around your neck. Yet, when you give into a moment it can feel like two wings attached to your back. Such sentiments explain why King Tuff’s The Other feels like shamanic rock. For however “hard” it goes, it still feels laced in sound like, a psychedelic trip that quakes your body but soothes your mind. Tracks such as, “Ultraviolet”, “Psycho Star”, and “Infinite Mile” feel shook with groves that sounds like candies being swung around in a gift bag.

From “Raindrop Blue” to “Neverending Sunshine”, there is an inherent benevolence to The Other that allows it to leave space between the massive and deep topics it confronts like, suicide, depression, and alienation. For King Tuff, he is looking at music and nature, from cosmic to environmental, to find a spiritual hand to hold when society’s hands are smacking. As guitars, drums, and baselines warp, screech, and swirl like a spaceship pushing galactic bounds, King Tuff’s voice seems astronautic. He soars and lands on mooned lyrics like a man deciphering when he should speak his story or sing it.

King Tuff’s The Other is a rock n’ roll trip: not a journey. You fall into its Alice In Space Wonderland vibes, and to figure out how the worst life can be overpowered by the simple. The sun and stars always up, fresh air is always abound, and a song can always start in your head. These truths are undeniable, which means glory is, as well. For More Information on King Tuff Click Here.