Posted on: July 1, 2014 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Kooks’ anticipated new album, Listen, is available for pre-order now via iTunes and the band’s website. Fans who purchase the album from The Kooks store will also get an exclusive presale code for the upcoming US fall tour. All pre-orders of the album will get an unreleased track from the album for immediate download, “Bad Habit,” which follows the release of previous songs “Down” and “Around Town.” Listen to “Bad Habit” at the link below:

Listen at Soundcloud: “Bad Habit”

Listen is out September 2nd via Astralwerks. Produced by young hip hop pioneer Inflo and Luke Pritchard, it showcases a new direction and sound for the multi platinum selling UK act.

 

“To me,” Luke says, “this album is about pure expression. Even the way we made the album felt fresh. Rather than us just being a band in a room, playing our guitars with the vocal over the top, which is what we’d always done before, we were really listening to what was going on around us, picking up ideas. The whole thing was much more natural.”

 

Listen is made up of 11 tracks (the Deluxe has 15), with highlights including the street-smart garage rock of “Bad Habit,” the powerful and haunting “See Me Now,” and the incandescent joy of “Are We Electric.”

 

The Kooks On Tour

Jul 26 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club

Jul 27 – Washington, DC @ 930 Club

Jul 29 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5

Aug 01 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza

Aug 03 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival

Aug 04 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall

Aug 08 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy

Aug 09 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival

 

LISTEN / SHARE

Around Town https://soundcloud.com/kooksmusic/around-town

Down https://soundcloud.com/kooksmusic/down-1

 

New album Listen out September 2nd

 

Full track listing of Listen is:

 

1. Around Town
2. Forgive & Forget
3. Westside
4. See Me Now
5. It Was London
6. Bad Habit
7. Down
8. Dreams
9. Are We Electric
10. Sunrise
11. Sweet Emotion 


Track listing of Deluxe Edition of ‘Listen’ is:

 

 

1. Around Town
2. Forgive & Forget
3. Westside
4. See Me Now
5. It Was London
6. Bad Habit
7. Down
8. Dreams
9. Are We Electric
10. Sunrise
11. Sweet Emotion
12. Murderer
13. Icons
14. Keep Your Head Up
15. Backstabber
16. Down [Music Video]

 

The Kooks Down EP Out Now on Astralwerks

 

Track listing

1. Down

2. Hooray For Henry

3. Hold On

4. Melody Maker

Buy it on iTunes

 

 

The Kooks are: Luke Pritchard – vocals and guitar, guitarist Hugh Harris, bassist Pete Denton and drummer Alexis Nunez.

www.thekooks.com

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