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Konk, the second album from indie pop starlets The Kooks, will appeal to those who enjoyed the catchier, hookier elements of their best-selling debut Inside In/Inside Out. For the band are more "pop" than "indie" this time around, and Konk is an overt attempt at winning even more chart-topping kudos: and it's not a bad attempt at that. Recorded over a six-week period at the end of 2007 (in Ray Davies' Konk Studios in London), the album's first single "Always Where I Need to Be" is as insouciantly catchy as a contemporary rock band can get, while tracks like opener "See the Sun," and "Mr. Maker", with its infectious hand claps, are equally accessible. There's tougher fare like "Sway", which show the boys can blast it when they want, but the album generally plays it safe, grappling (clumsily in places) with themes of love and sex, and revealing not a great deal of musical or lyrical depth in the process (see "Do You Wanna"). The album runs out of steam towards the end, and though fans of their earlier material will love it, fussier indie fans will probably point their ears towards something less contrived. --Danny McKenna
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Real hit and miss stuff. The kooks' second album was always going to be extremely difficult. The task in hand was to prove the critics wrong, maybe do something a bit different so as not to be labelled 1-trick ponies, and most importantly to keep the massive fan base which they had built on the back of their debut 'inside in/inside out'. Whether they have achieved any of these is debatable. The album starts out in promising fashion with the two guitars being used in `see the sun' infusing together to make a catchy, instantly... more info
This is basic pop music, nothing more nothing less The Kooks can certainly churn out a radio friendly pop tune, but they're really a singles band not an album band. The album gets a bit boring after a while, there's not much depth to it. The musicians sound energetic and the singer delivers his tunes very well, although the lyrics aren't the most intelligent to say the least. All in all a decent pop record but not a classic.
Perfect Summer pop! Whilst perhaps not as full of immediately infectious tunes as "Inside In/Inside Out", this is nevertheless a gorgeous album of pop with a "summer feel". The music is bouncy, happy and makes you smile - it is just the perfect antidote for the blues. Once again the guitar playing is superb and the lyrics are excellent. If you liked "Inside In/Inside Out" then you won't be disappointed by "Konk" - wonderful!
Konked out of ideas! HAHA!+Indies dead Well, well, well! How nice it is to see that these have finally been exposed for the third rate Indie band that they really are! Lets face it they've made enough money for their record company. So why does `konk' need to be pushed? Hence why it's flopped! The kooks have been left out to hang, I feel sorry for the lads, and they probably believed their own hype. I hated their first effort, but I gave this a listen!
Lyrical content is just so band, its like listening to lyrics of a 13 year old, Mr... more info
