Konk

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
iKonk/i, the second album from indie pop starlets The Kooks, will appeal to those who enjoyed the catchier, hookier elements of their best-selling debut iInside In/Inside Out/i. 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. i--Danny McKenna/i

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-04-16 rating:
Don't be too put off
I was a little put off by the negative reviews on here but whilst on a long flight recently I decided to give Konk a whirl. I really isn't bad! If you like the singles you'll like the album, simple as. It's not a few good songs and the rest is pap. br /Perhaps I'm wrong but the thing I find with The Kooks is that they're a pub band - I just don't see their music getting played at a huge festival somewhere and sounding good. In a small sweaty pub, excellent though! Don't think this is a bad thing though. br /

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review by: wooly date: 2009-01-02 rating:
crap - they've blown it!
after a cracking first album the kooks have gone the same way as so many others - regurgitating all the tricks that made there debut different but forgetting to write the songs - which is always what it comes down to. don't bother.

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review by: mattwareherts date: 2008-12-22 rating:
Konking out
The Kooks always had a tough task. After the hit of their debut and how it saturated the market, the follow up was always running the risk of being quickly dismissed as much of the same. The album needed to maintain the same happy, optimistic, youthful vibe but add some new dimension. Unfortunately they forgot the last part, I listen to this album and feel all the tracks were on the previous release. Nothing really wrong with that, but I like to see progression in an artist. br / br /The album starts with four tracks that all could have been singles, and may have been. I think that is my point, "See The Sun", "Always Where I Need To Be", "Mr Maker" and "Do You Wanna" are all pretty samey, nevertheless good, and merge into one Kooks track. By the time "Gap" appears, sounding suspiciously like "Match Box" of the debut, the listener has lost a bit of interest and it becomes a background album. br / br /I don't particularly think that the album is as good as the previous it feels like their best has been spent and this is an attempt to eek out one more samey album. They have their formula and they are sticking to it, good for them but for me it shows a lack of creativity and is rather disappointing. A band that stays in the comfort zone is a rather dull and unimaginative beast that normally doesn't have much of a future. br / br /*** like: Kooks of old, The Thrills ***

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review by: barnie884 date: 2008-11-06 rating:
Nice summer album
OK, critics will say this is another very regional accent sounding album, one of many artists like that at the moment (artic monkeys, reverand and the makers etc.) but saying that, this is a very good album for me. Nice easy listening, catchy without being nasty pop music. Dont expect anything too deep, but good iPod music, especially when the sun shines. Follows on nicely from the last album. It's on my playlist!


review by: Jesse James date: 2008-08-13 rating:
Just to easy
I really don't understand why so many people love this band so much. Oke they have written some catchy songs, buts thats not enough to fill a whole album. 4 "good" songs is not mutch for the money you eventually pay. br /It's to easy. This album has to many shortcoming (lyrics, music, fantasy, etc.) br /Of course they don't have to do a better job. Why should they? Everyone is just buying it because of the name. Who the Kooks!!!!!! br /They are just a big commercial hit, like Good Charlotte, or Simple Plan and nothing else. br / br /There are many, many better bands in Great Brittian, but most of them are never heard by broader public, thats a great pitty. br / br / br / br / br /

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