Vermonter Kyle Thomas makes music under the name King Tuff. He released his new album The Other on April 13th on Sub Pop. In advance, he released this track Psycho Star. Given King Tuff's past sound, a sort of raw garage rock-meets-glam psychedelia, the title threw me at first - wasn't sure what we were in for... another lesson in expect the unexpected, it seems!
King Tuff smoothed over the rough edges, found a cool, earthy rhythm, and turned to more universal themes. Thomas acknowledges the "Chaos and confusion" of the present and then offers vague hope, of sorts, in pulling back to appreciate nature's power and the big picture of the universe, where we're either nothing at all - or everything. And he does it in such a "Beautifully bizarre" way you can’t help singing along!
Psycho Star shows King Tuff heading in a slightly different, new direction. Haven't had a chance to listen to the rest of The Other yet - looking forward to it. This song certainly represents a solid maturation of his garage rock aesthetic. More than that, it makes me sing, and gets stuck in my head!
Get ready to sing along as you listen to Psycho Star. Here are some of the chorus lyrics, so you're ready (the rest of the lyrics are posted below the song): Watching the wind blow/Watching the wind blow/Watching the rain so hard/Watching the fire/Getting higher/On This strange little star...
Enjoy!
Lyrics:
Looking out my window
There's no doubt about it
We don't belong in this world
Be better off without us
Madness and destruction
Maybe that is just who we are
The universe is mostly made of nothing
Isn't it so beautifully bizarre
That here we are
Watching the wind blow
Watching the wind blow
Watching the rain so hard
Watching the fire getting higher
On this strange little star
We were always dreaming
Of castles in the sky
Dreaming of another planet
How could we be so blind?
Chaos and confusion
Maybe that is really all we are
The universe is probably an illusion
But isn't it so beautifully bizarre
That here we are
Watching the wind blow
Watching the wind blow
Watching the rain so hard
Watching the fire getting higher
On this strange little star
Chaos and confusion
Is that really all that we are
The universe is probably an illusion
But isn't it so beautifully bizarre
That here we are
Watching the wind blow
Watching the wind blow
Watching the rain so hard
Watching the fire getting higher
On this strange little star
Songwriters: Kyle Matthew Thomas
Psycho Star lyrics © Third Side Music Inc.
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