10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark (Gatefold LP)

10 Tracks To Echo in the Dark, the sixth studio album from The Kooks, is a fresh sounding, electronic-tinged evolution of their iconic sound.

Berlin has long been something of a creative mecca for artists from all over the world and frontman Luke Pritchard found himself moving in those circles, meeting the collaborators he would work with on their behemoth of a sixth album. The period was one of work, inspiration and creativity as opposed to partying. "I wasn't doing any drugs," Pritchard attests. "It was more dive bars and a bottle of whiskey than Berghain."

The environment quickly started to work its magic. "A lot of songwriters have found refuge in Berlin", he says. "It's a free place, it's not so consumed by commerciality. I was looking for something a bit rawer, a little bit more minimal. Sometimes you just pick up these nuances somewhere. It's not necessarily the people, it's the place."