TUK SMITH and The Restless Hearts – Rogue to Redemption (2024)

TUK SMITH is the kind of rock’n’roll ambassador you didn’t think existed anymore. A rebel from rural Georgia, Biters frontman, producer and solo artist, he’s seen the best and worst of a music industry in constant flux. By turns it’s left him critically acclaimed, poised for stadiums, dropped, burned out, back in the game and beloved by those for whom rock is still everything.
“I want to do something that means something to people,” Tuk says, “because a lot of shit nowadays is so disposable and so plastic.”
The result is ”Rogue To Redemption”, Tuk’s second album with solo project THE RESTLESS HEARTS to be released August 30th. The sonic lovechild of Thin Lizzy, AC/DC and ’90s power pop with melody, it shows an artistic peak born from adversity.
Produced by Tuk and mixed by Chris Dugan (Iggy Pop, U2), ”Rogue To Redemption” was written over the last three years but recorded down to the wire – right up to the summer of 2024. Joined by long-term Restless Hearts compadres, drummer Nigel Dupree and bassist Matthew ‘Ponyboy’ Curtis, he cut the bulk of it at home. Six drum tracks were recorded locally, and the other four with Biters collaborator/mentor Dan Dixon in Atlanta – Tuk’s previous hometown.

01 – Take the long way
02 – Glorybound
03 – End of an Era
04 – Runnin with the Wild ones
05 – Still A Dreamer
06 – Little Renegade
07 – Lost Boy
08 – Blood on the Stage
09 – Rogue to Redemtion
10 – When the Party’s Over

Tuk Smith – vocals
Nigel Dupree – drums
Matthew ‘Ponyboy’ Curtis – bass
Dan Dixon (Biters) – drums

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