Nobody seems to like The Kooks: the critics like to tear into them and one of their contemporaries said The Kooks make “music for girls”.
But don’t let all that distract you. The new album Konk is fantastic, a great follow up to their excellent debut album Inside In/Inside Out. Their music is very breezy, poppy and happy. Admittedly, there’s some cringe-worthy songwriting in there (”A B C D E F and G, That reminds me at when we were free”) but it’s really a very enjoyable album. Great quality all round, with “Sway” being one of the stand out tracks.
