The Kooks to Release "Junk of the Heart" on September 13th

Get Kooky! The Kooks will release their eagerly anticipated new album, Junk of the Heart, on September 13th on Astralwerks Records, preceded by the release of a debut single of the same name on July 11th. Additionally, the band is proud to announce a limited and exclusive round of US tour dates in June!

Written by The Kooks, produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air, Belle & Sebastian), and recorded in The Sound Factory (Los Angeles) and Sarm Studios (London), the band's third album sees them consolidating their position as a bona fide album band with trademark breeziness and catchy hooks.

Kicking off with a dramatic breakbeat, the opening track builds across acoustic guitar and warm washes of synth before collapsing into a chorus you'll be singing for days. It shows, that despite the change in their influences, the band still have a firm grasp on how to write killer hooks and pop songs without compare.

"It's upbeat; an album to play in the sun," explained frontman Luke Pritchard of the forthcoming 12 song collection, "What we really wanted to do was build a proper, full album. Something you can listen to from front to back. We're an album band and this is a journey you come on with us."

Junk of the Heart follows the Kooks' multi-platinum debut, Inside In/Inside Out which came out in 2006.

The Kooks US Live Dates:

6/22 San Francisco Slims
6/23 Los Angeles The Troubadour
6/27 New York Bowery Ballroom

Are you going to check out Junk of the Heart?