''10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark'' is the sixth studio album by British rock band

The Kooks The Kooks () are an English indie rock band formed in 2004 in Brighton. The current lineup consists of Luke Pritchard on vocals and guitar, and Hugh Harris on bass, guitar, and synthesiser. Their music is primarily influenced by the 1960s Br ...

. The follow-up to the 2018 album '' Let's Go Sunshine'', it was produced by

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and the band's lead singer Luke Pritchard, and released on 22 July 2022 through the band's independent label Lonely Cat with distribution by

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. It is the first album recorded by the band as a trio following the departure of bassist Pete Denton in late 2018.

Background

Following the

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referendum, Luke Pritchard wanted to maintain The Kooks' European connection by going to Berlin to work with writer and producer Tobias Kuhn. After coming up with five tracks, the

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pandemic brought work to a halt in March 2020, which meant Pritchard had to return to the U.K. and continue the writing sessions with Kuhn via Zoom. Afterwards, Kuhn traveled to London to record with the band.

Release

With a desire to do new things, The Kooks chose to release the songs from ''10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark'' as a series of EPs. ''Connection - Echo in the Dark Part 1'' - containing "Connection", "Jesse James" and "Modern Days" - was released on 27 January 2022, followed by ''Beautiful World - Echo in the Dark Part 2'' containing "Closer", "Beautiful World" and "25" - on 21 April 2022. The single "Cold Heart" was released on 27 June 2022, with the remaining songs—"Oasis", "Sailing on a Dream" and "Without a Doubt"—being issued as part of the album on 22 July 2022.

Track listing

Personnel

The Kooks *Luke Pritchard – vocals, guitar, bass *Hugh Harris – guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals *Alexis Nunez – drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional personnel *

– production (except track 10), recording engineer (except track 10), bass (track 2) *Pete Randall – bass (track 9) *Victor Rådström – production (track 10), mixing (track 10) *Craig Silvey – mixing (except tracks 6, 8 and 10) * Nikodem Milewski – mixing (track 6) *Paul Mühlhaüser – mixing (track 8) *John Davis – mastering *Dani Bennett Spragg – mix engineer (except tracks 6, 8 and 10) *Rob Wilks – recording engineer (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8 and 9) *Jonas Halle – recording engineer (tracks 2, 4, 6 and 9) *Max Margolis – recording engineer (tracks 5, 6 and 9) *Darren Jones – recording engineer (track 9)

Charts

References

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