The Brighton four-piece are scheduled to release their fifth record, ‘Let’s Go Sunshine’ on Friday the 31st of August. It was announced that The Kooks are the fist act to be announced to play at the Beyond The Valley Festival 2018. The festival will take place at Lardner Park, in South-Eastern Victoria, Australia, from the 28th of December 2018 – 1st of January 2019, in support of their new album ‘Let’s Go Sunshine’.
The Kooks’ frontman, Luke Pritchard described the band’s new album as “experimental and playful”. Speaking to NME about their forthcoming album, Pritchard, said: “For me, with the song-writing I focused heavily on making sure every song had a message,” the frontman said. “Every song has this like moral message and it has a point”.
“We discovered it wasn’t what we wanted to make and wasn’t really The Kooks. So we scrapped it and started again. I really went on a mission to write the best songs I’d ever written before bringing them to the band. I stewed over every word. It had to be our ‘Rubber Soul’, ‘Lola’, ‘Definitely Maybe’,” Pritchard adds, noting three classic records with “Proper British lineage”.
“I came from a dark place at the start, had a lotta heartbreak, and then falling in love in the middle of the album…the lyrics reflect that,” Pritchard adds. “From ‘Fractured And Dazed’ to ‘No Pressure’, it’s gotta be our most exciting album, and it should get you dancing,” says Pritchard.
Beyond The Valley is a boutique Australian music festival, which began in 2014 and runs annually over the New Year’s Eve period. Beyond The Valley 2018 will be made even more special by the fact that the festival is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Every year, a hand-picked selection of world class artists, both local and international, perform across three purpose built stages. Thousands of festival goers from around the world travel to see artists such as Jamie XX, Chance The Rapper, Kaytranada, Rufus, What So Not, Zhu, and many more. Tickets can be purchased here.
“Beyond The Valley has really found its place within the market and punters hearts over the last 5 years. We’ve been continually refining the festival, particularly the line-ups over the years and it’s safe to say 2018’s is definitely the one we’re proudest of. It really does provide some amazing artists for lovers of all our catered genres,” says festival director, Michael Christidis.
