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Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 15 September 2014. Kooks top albums chart with first week sales of 65,901". Music Week. 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012 . Retrieved 14 June 2009. Meanwhile, nerve damage in drummer Garred’s arm meant he had to be replaced on tour and in the studio by Chris Prendergast. After initial recording sessions were scrapped, Garred returned and managed to record The Kooks' third studio album, entitled Junk of the Heart, which was released on 12 September 2011. But after initial promotional appearances, Garred permanently left the band in November 2011. The Kooks eventually recruited former Golden Silvers member Alexis Nuñez as their new drummer. In April 2009, The Kooks revealed to BBC's Newsbeat that they were working on their third studio album. Frontman Luke Pritchard told Newsbeat, "We kind of barricaded ourselves in the countryside for a few weeks—stayed at some friends' who have a cottage in Norfolk." By August 2010, initial recording sessions had been produced by Jim Abbiss ( Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Adele), with songs such as "Weight of the World", "Winds of Change", "Window to the Soul", "Strange One", "Rainbow", "Carried Away" and "The Saboteur" in contention for the album. Pritchard stated that the band's sound had changed drastically with the presence of new bassist Peter Denton and drummer Chris Prendergast, both of whom had joined The Kooks during the Konk touring cycle. [1] Certified awards – The Kooks". BPI. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017 . Retrieved 25 September 2009.

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On 8 April 2017, the Kooks decided to start the tour with two warm up shows in their spiritual home of Brighton, a matinee gig at The Prince Albert pub and The Haunt in the evening; both these sold out within two hours on the day of the gig. They subsequently performed at the Isle of Wight Festival 2017. [47] Let's Go Sunshine (2018) [ edit ] On 16 May 2018, The Kooks announced that their upcoming fifth studio album will be released on 31 August 2018. They also shared two new songs called ‘No Pressure’ and ‘All the Time’ which were played by them earlier this year during The Best Of Tour in South America. Several songs including ’No Pressure,’ ’All the Time,’ and ’Fractured and Dazed’ were released prior to the release of the full album.

Konk went on to debut on the UK Albums Chart at number one with first week sales of 65,901 units. [30] The album also spawned three top 50 hits including their highest chart performer to date, " Always Where I Need to Be", which peaked at number three. Jones, Damian (21 November 2016). "The Kooks return for mammoth 'Best Of' UK tour in 2017". NME . Retrieved 29 April 2017. The Kooks have mentioned drawing on a number of varied sources to create their sound, listing the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Chris de Burgh among influences on songwriting style and musical presentation over the course of their four albums. [10] On 21 November 2016, the Kooks announced a 'Best Of' UK Tour to take place in April and May 2017 to mark their tenth anniversary as a band, in which they were planning to perform hits, b-sides and brand new music. [43] To coincide with the tour, on 31 March 2017 the band announced the upcoming release of The Best of... So Far, as well as releasing "Be Who You Are", one of two new songs included on the compilation. [44] Pritchard stressed that this compilation and tour did not signal the end of the band, stating, "It's been the greatest pleasure to work, travel, fight, hate and love the best and most talented people I've met in my life. It's the greatest job in the world and we don't intend to stop any time soon." [45] Three members (Garred, Pritchard and Harris) of the Kooks all met as students at the BRIT School in Croydon, all three moving further south to join BIMM ( British and Irish Modern Music Institute) (where they met Rafferty, who was from Brighton) in 2002. [7] The inspiration to form a band came to Pritchard as he and Garred were out shopping for clothes one day in Primark as a joke. Speaking to MTV Garred said, "we had a vision on how we wanted the band to look and stuff—so we bought some clothes and these hats, it was fun." [8] Sharing a love of the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Police and David Bowie, Pritchard got Harris and Rafferty involved under the guise of a school music project. [7] Pritchard himself said "We got together just on a whim, really." [9] With a strong demo of their material Garred and Pritchard went in search of a gig, and according to Garred, they were able to book their first show simply because the landlord liked their hats. "So we went in to get a gig, we don't have a demo blid burnt, and this guy told us, 'Well, you can't get a gig if you don't have a demo, but I like your hats, so I'm going to give you a gig'", said Garred. However, the band was unable to make the performance as they were finishing off their demo at the time. [8]a b c d e Bedian, Knar (25 July 2014). "Interview: The Kooks Talk "Listen" Album". Sound of Boston . Retrieved 1 August 2014. It's just like an idea, like a chorus, and then we just jam on it – it happens in loads of different ways. The best songs I find always come from the subconscious, like when you don't think. Not to be pretentious about it, but usually songs just blurt out rather than thinking about it. I never write lyrics and then do a song, I find that really hard – that's like a real skill." Their fourth album, Listen, includes much more percussion and cross rhythms than previous material. [38] Pritchard described Listen as "percussion sonnets". [38] "The first couple albums I made I never really thought about rhythms, I focused on the recording and the lyrics", Pritchard said. [38] Cowdry, Caitlin (20 March 2008). "The Kooks Announce Double Album Release". MTV. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012 . Retrieved 26 September 2009. Fan stories: "Hello! I'm Adele's bass player!" ". Tottenham Hotspur. 1 February 2017 . Retrieved 15 February 2019.

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But tensions with Rafferty led to the bassist’s dismissal after the album’s recording was completed. Dan Logan was brought in to play bass on the Konk deluxe edition bonus disc RAK, and on initial touring and promotional duties for the album. The band eventually settled on Pete Denton – who had previously subbed for Rafferty while touring the first album – as permanent bassist.

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However, after working on six songs with Abbiss, the band decided to part ways with the producer because "we felt that it wasn’t the right direction — we were going down a road we’d already gone down. We felt that we weren’t progressing," said Pritchard. [2] After Pritchard voiced his concerns to Tony Hoffer, producer of the band's first two albums, Hoffer suggested that the band "needed to open new doors in terms of production and instrumentation." This inspired Pritchard to re-write and re-record the whole album with Hoffer as producer, after initial hesitation from the other band members who were concerned that working with Hoffer again would lead to repeating the sound of the first two albums. [2]