British band The Kooks have made a return to the music scene along with two new songs.
The band have released “No Pressure” and “All The Time” to give fans a taste of their fifth studio album, which frontman Luke Pritchard is very excited about and believes will be the band’s best yet.
The band burst onto the music scene in 2006 with their hit song “Naïve.” They initially returned to the studio in 2015 to work on new material. However, as they were not satisfied with what they were creating, they decided to scrap an entire album’s worth of work.
“[We] discovered it wasn’t what we wanted to make and wasn’t really The Kooks,” Pritchard said.”So we scrapped it and started again. I really went on a mission to write the best songs I’d ever written before bringing them to the band. I stewed over every word. It had to be our ‘Rubber Soul,’ ‘Lola,’ ‘Definitely Maybe,'” he adds, citing three classic records. “Proper British lineage.”
“I came from a dark place at the start, had a lotta heartbreak, and then falling in love in the middle of the album…the lyrics reflect that,” Pritchard adds. “From ‘Fractured And Dazed’ to ‘No Pressure,’ it’s gotta be our most exciting album, and it should get you dancing.”
