Search - Kooks :: Inside In/Inside Out

...with all due respects...calmly put the instruments down..

OMNIGOSS | UK | 05/25/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"...happened again didn't it? A band appears out of nowhere that resides from my home country and they somehow get praise via unknown sources to the point when they can generate a career out of it...don't get me wrong I understand we all have to make a living but the way that these boys do it just makes me wish I had the capacity to predict the future so I could prevent acts like these being constantly rehashed (but being able to tell the future would always be cool so I won't bring it into this review)...



...the Kooks consist of approximately four people (thus the average band size) their style yet again is Brit Pop (mistakened by so many as Indie...I know I go on about it too much but it's a rather big insult to those who tried to make indie as great as it was in the beginning)...most songs consist of the verse chorus structure with mildly interesting guitars but nothing of pioneering proportion...just enough to put food on the table...the singer has a very slurred voice which mixed with his accent means he has the type of voice where you only understand half of the words he says but sometimes you translate his words and believe he is saying something that he couldn't possibly be saying because it's too explicit and therefore just listen to the different pitches and tones of his voice ignoring the lyrics...



...I was first introduced to the work of this album through the song "Naive" (which backwards is a brand of water...yay) and I must say it was pretty good...a nice catchy and annoying chorus and some interesting guitar work that although not revolutionary (I'm feeling some deja vu here did I just say the same thing twice?) was memorable and variable enough...however it was in the end worn down by it's chorus saying "I know she knows" and this line would be drilled into your head until you couldn't handle it anymore...but then there was the point of boybandism...



...the songs "She moves in her own way" and "Ooh La" both about woman they love (yes I know Naive was the same but at least it was slightly more interesting) which in structure were exactly the same wih different keys between each song...the problem is they got huge sucess with songs like these developing a fan base of screaming girls in CD signings and concerts alike...with the encouragement that they should be a boy band disguised as a brit pop group...they knew their formula to sucess...



...hence forth this entire album is filled with catchy hooks that are EXACTLY ALIKE!!! The singers voice will get very annoying after a short time and the instrumentals don't add anything new to the plate...



...my advice? Download "Naive" and leave this album be...HOWEVER if you read all my other hateful reviews and disagree with them...go ahead and buy this...and enjoy..."

Spot-on British pop

doctormanny | Pittsburgh, PA | 02/17/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Kooks debut CD, "Inside In, Inside Out," is classic British pop music done just right. The guitars lead the way, and the vocals also work very well. Not every song is a winner, but they all are enjoyable, and some of them are really good. Highly recommended."