In a hot second from now (early October, to be exact), The Kooks will touch down for their first shows on Aussie ground in almost four years. The trip comes as part of their belated celebrations for the 15th anniversary of Inside In / Inside Out, the Brighton pop-rockers’ seminal 2006 debut. But the shows – pencilled in for Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney – won’t just be a trip down memory lane: the trio too have a whole stack of new songs to premiere Down Under, having just unleashed unto the world their sixth studio album, 10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark.
Deceptively titled, the album sports some of The Kooks’ brightest material yet: something frontman Luke Pritchard credits to the recent milestones he’d reached in his personal life (ie. getting married, becoming a father, relocating to Berlin songs, a fierce willingness to think outside the box and, as a result, a more interesting album overall.
