''10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark'' is the sixth studio album by British rock band

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. The follow-up to the 2018 album '' Let's Go Sunshine'', it was produced by

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and the band's lead singer Luke Pritchard, and released on 22 July 2022 through the band's independent label Lonely Cat with distribution by

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. It is the first album recorded by the band as a trio following the departure of bassist Pete Denton in late 2018.

Background

Following the

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referendum, Luke Pritchard wanted to maintain The Kooks' European connection by going to Berlin to work with writer and producer Tobias Kuhn. After coming up with five tracks, the

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pandemic brought work to a halt in March 2020, which meant Pritchard had to return to the U.K. and continue the writing sessions with Kuhn via

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. Afterwards, Kuhn traveled to London to record with the band.

Release

With a desire to do new things, The Kooks chose to release the songs from ''10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark'' as a series of EPs. ''Connection - Echo in the Dark Part 1'' - containing "Connection", "Jesse James" and "Modern Days" - was released on 27 January 2022, followed by ''Beautiful World - Echo in the Dark Part 2'' containing "Closer", "Beautiful World" and "25" - on 21 April 2022. The single "Cold Heart" was released on 27 June 2022, with the remaining songs - "Oasis", "Sailing on a Dream" and "Without a Doubt" - dropping on the album's release date of 22 July 2022.

Track listing

Personnel

The Kooks *Luke Pritchard – vocals, guitar *Hugh Harris – guitar, bass, synthesizer, backing vocals *Alexis Nunez – drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional personnel *

- production (except track 10), recording engineer (except track 10) *Victor Rådström - production (track 10), mixing (track 10) *Craig Silvey - mixing (except tracks 6, 8 and 10) *

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- mixing (track 6) *Paul Mühlhaüser - mixing (track 8) *John Davis - mastering *Dani Bennett Spragg - mix engineer (except tracks 6, 8 and 10) *Rob Wilks - recording engineer (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8 and 9) *Jonas Halle - recording engineer (tracks 2, 4, 6 and 9) *Max Margolis - recording engineer (tracks 5, 6 and 9) *Darren Jones - recording engineer (track 9)

References

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