The Kooks drop a dime, Beach Bunny hits the feels, and Outright drops some home truths
This week, The Kooks draw from some Berlin inspo, Beach Bunny reflects, and Outright serves a cold, hard truth.
This week’s top picks:
- The Kooks – 10 Tracks to Echo to in the Dark
- Beach Bunny – Emotional Creature
- Outright – Keep You Warm
Read all the latest music news here.
The Kooks – 10 Tracks to Echo to in the Dark
This album sees The Kooks incorporate some Berlin-inspired electro-pop into their indie rock sound, inspired by frontman Luke Pritchard’s sojourn in Berlin ahead of the pandemic.
As if that wasn’t enough, The Kooks have announced the Australian leg of their Inside In / Inside Out 15th anniversary tour.
It’s been 15 years since the timeless multi-platinum Inside In / Inside Out was released and now The Kooks are banding together for a huge Australia-wide tour in celebration of their debut studio album.
They’ll be performing the iconic debut studio album in its entirety, along with other career-spanning tracks. With support from The Vanns, a true powerhouse of rock and roll, it’s sure going to be one hell of a celebration of 15 glorious years.
The Kooks have announced the Australian leg of their ‘Inside In / Inside Out’ 15th anniversary tour
It’s been 15 years since the timeless multi-platinum Inside In / Inside Out was released and now The Kooks are banding together for a huge Australia-wide tour in celebration of their debut studio album.
They’ll be performing the iconic debut studio album in its entirety, along with other career-spanning tracks. With support from The Vanns, a true powerhouse of rock and roll, its sure going to be one hell of a celebration of 15 glorious years.
Beach Bunny – Emotional Creature
Written immediately prior to and during the pandemic and produced by pop-punk go-to Sean O’Keefe (Fall Out Boy, Motion City Soundtrack) at Shirk Studios, Emotional Creature captures the myriad highs and lows the last couple of years have brought out in all of us. At the same time, Emotional Creature is also very much about quarter-life personal growth, with Trifilio calling it “a collection of different emotional experiences.”
As the world heals from two pandemic years, Beach Bunny are back and building on their trademark guitar-pop sound with 12 brand-new songs.
Across their sophomore release, Emotional Creature looks at the highs and lows of new relationships, the joys and vulnerabilities of letting someone in your heart, the gut-wrenching realities of experiencing anxiety, leaving toxic relationships, and seeing yourself through the eyes of the one you love. Across the entire album, these complex feelings are expertly contrasted with ultra-poppy melodies, anthemic choruses, and a slight punk edge.
“The songs have grown with me over time,” Trifilio explains. “Some of them were written in various stages of life, and I think as we go through different experiences and hardships, you come out stronger. I’ve grown as a person, so the songwriting reflects that.”
Outright – Keep You Warm
We know it was out last week, but it was too good not to include for this week’s wrap. Australia’s influential hardcore quintet Outright have unveiled their long-awaited second LP, Keep You Warm to a flood of outstanding reviews, while also announcing a run of Australian tour dates.
A blistering offering from a band recognised as an imperative voice in the Australian hardcore space, Keep You Warm is an album heaving with crucial social commentary that hits as hard as the music itself.
Burning through deeply-entrenched societal issues like the ongoing effects of racism, sexism and colonisation, burn-out, depression and mental health, and the long-overlooked environmental emergency, Keep You Warm is an unapologetic and uncompromising reflection of the world as it stands today.
