The Kooks Sound Very Different Now

What’s going on? Luke Kook - are you okay? Where’s Simon Amstell when you need him? Is Simon the reason this happened in the first place?



‘You don’t love me the way that I love you.’ The words still ring in the ears.

Something has changed. It’s hard to explain what, exactly, but the first seconds of The Kooks’ new single ‘Down’ does most of the talking, namely:

‘Oh-oh-ohhh-oh YEAH! Ibeen feelin’ rown town! Ver’s a rooma baby! Yur plannin to brin’ me dowwn!’

As it progresses, it still sounds very different to anything any band - let alone The Kooks - has attempted before. Luke Kook is centre stage. He’s found his mode. The past is nonsense. Before there were too many Kooks in the kitchen. This is really odd, isn’t it?