King Tuff - Smalltown Stardust

What this video is

Released in October 2022 as the lead single and title track of King Tuff's (Kyle Thomas) fifth studio album on Sub Pop, 'Smalltown Stardust' represents a significant aesthetic pivot from the garage-rock noise of earlier records toward orchestral indie folk. The song is a love letter to Thomas's hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont — a place he left in 2011 for Los Angeles. The album was co-written and co-produced with…

Why it matters

Marks a defining moment in King Tuff's genre evolution — from Sub Pop garage rock toward psychedelic indie folk. The video encapsulates the broader early-2020s indie shift toward pastoral introspection, lo-fi warmth, and nature-spirituality aesthetics. As the lead single, it functioned as the…

The director

Juliana and Nicola Giraffe, known as the Giraffe Sisters, are Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary directors, artists, and mimes. Born in the San Fernando Valley to an Argentine mother and British father, they grew up in Hollywood. Nicola studied fine art at…