Listen

Listen is the upcoming fourth studio album by British rock band The Kooks. It is scheduled to be released on 1 September 2014 through Virgin EMI Records. It is the band's first album to feature new drummer Alexis Nunez who joined in 2014. Listen is the band's first album in three years, with Junk of the Heart being released in September 2011. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and London, and produced by Inflo. "With this record we didn't do any rehearsing beforehand. I'd write a song with Inflo or on my own, put it up and we'd all play over it. There was a real freedom to the process," said the band's frontman Luke Pritchard. "To me 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." The lead single to promote the album, "Down", was released digitally on 18 April 2014 and as a 7" vinyl on 21 April 2014. The album's second single, "Around Town", will be released on 15 June 2014. Deluxe Version Album Art: