King Tuff lived, and then it died, and then it became Happy Birthday, and then it reemerged, the trials and tribulations of its lengthy return seemingly unnoticed. King Tuff has returned, and with it the sort of fuzzed out goofy grin style garage rock we’d come to expect from this scruffy little band. “Bad Things” feels like 70s radio feel-good rock that got kicked in the stomach by a street punk and then dragged through oil-stained city water in the gutter before standing up, shaking it off and reaching for a guitar.

King Tuff’s new album is out now on Sub Pop.

King Tuff – Bad Things