The Kooks say, 'Let’s Go Sunshine'

A. Whitton

The Kooks are set to release their fifth studio album, Let’s Go Sunshine, on Aug. 31 via Lonely Cat/AWAL Recordings. The band has unveiled two new songs off the album, “No Pressure” and “All The Time” and will embark on a quick sold out U.S. tour next week through early June. The Kooks will also be hitting cities across Europe this summer, including shows opening up for The Rolling Stones. Please see full tour routing below. Click HERE to pre-order Let’s Go Sunshine.

They recently finished a sold-out UK arena tour and have more than one billion streams to date.

Discussing the process behind creating the album, lead singer Luke says: “This one was about defining who we are, we were asking the questions. It was a fractured start, we went into the studio in 2015 continuing down the path we set out on our last studio album Listen and discovered it wasn’t what we wanted to make and wasn’t really The Kooks. So, we scrapped it and started again. I really went on a mission to write the best songs I’d ever written before bringing them to the band, I stewed over every word. It had to be our “Rubber Soul,” “Lola,” “Definitely Maybe.” Proper British lineage. I came from a dark place at the start had a lotta heartbreak and then falling in love in the middle of the album, the lyrics reflect that. From “Fractured and Dazed” to “No Pressure.” It’s gotta be our most exciting album, and it should get you dancing.”

The Kooks started their career in 2006 with their debut Inside In/Inside Out, which went five times platinum in the U.K., recorded three more albums including a “Best of.” 

Track listing:

1. Intro
2. Kids
3. All The Time
4. Believe
5. Fractured and Dazed
6. Chicken Bone
7. Four Leaf Clover
8. Tesco Disco
9. Honey Bee
10. Initials For Gainsbourg
11. Pamela
12. Picture Frame
13. Swing Low
14. Weight of the World
15. No Pressure

U.S. Tour dates:

May 21 House of Blues Boston, MA
May 22 Terminal 5 New York, NY
May 23 Brooklyn Steel Brooklyn, NY
May 25 Lincoln Theatre Washington, DC
May 26 The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
May 29 Danforth Music Hall Toronto, Canada
May 30 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
June 1 The Showbox Sodo Seattle WA
June 2 Roseland Theatre Portland, OR
June 4 Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA
June 5 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA
June 6 The Observatory North Park, San Diego, CA
June 7 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA

European Tour dates:

June 17 Pinkpop Landgraaf, Netherlands
June 22 Olympiastadion Berlin, Germany*
June 23 Hurricane Festival Germany
June 24 Southside Festival Germany
June 30 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena Germany*
July 4 Rock For People Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
July 6 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium
July 13 NOS Alive Lisbon, Portugal
July 19 FIB Benicassim, Spain
August 10 Sziget Festival Budapest, Hungary
August 12 Summer Well Festival Buftea, Romania
August 16 FM4 Frequency Sankt Polten, Austria
August 24 Reading Festival UK
August 25 Leeds Festival UK
September 1 Electric Picnic Ireland
*opening for The Rolling Stones