Pitchfork

Brit kids the Kooks will attempt to carry their hype across the ocean with the U.S. release of their debut full-length Inside In/Inside Out on Astralwerks. Released last year in the UK, where it went double platinum, the album currently occupies the #2 position on the UK charts.

The teen quartet is hoping for similar reception in North America when Inside In/Inside Out appears stateside on October 3. But given the way every other recent NME buzz band that isn't Franz Ferdinand has fared here, they probably shouldn't get their hopes up.

Tracks:

01 Seaside
02 See the World
03 Sofa Song
04 Eddie's Gun
05 Ooh La
06 You Don't Love Me
07 She Moves in Her Own Way
08 Matchbox
09 Naive
10 I Want You Back
11 If Only
12 Jackie Big Tits
13 Time Awaits
14 Got No Love

The Kooks are currently seeing the world this summer, and will continue on into the fall, touring the UK and Europe. And why not? You're only seventeen once!

They're crazy and they're kooky:

08-03 Portugal - Odemira Sudoeste Festival
08-05 Haldern, Germany
08-18 Hastings, England - Pier Ballroom
08-19 Folkestone, England - Leas Cliff Hall
08-22 Torquay, England - Torquay Riviera
08-23 Blackpool - Winter Gardens
08-25 Leeds, England - Carling Festival
08-26 Nottingham, England - Rock City
08-27 Bristol, England - Academy
08-28 Brighton, England - Dome
09-11 Cologne, Germany - Stollwek
09-12 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
09-13 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnoff
09-15 Heidelberg, Germany - Halle
09-16 Munich, Germany - KL Eslehalle
09-18 Stuttgart, Germany - Rohre
09-19 Bochem, Germany- Zeche
09-20 Lingen, Germany - Alter Schlacthof
09-26 Nottingham, England - Rock City
09-27 Bristol, England - Carling Academy
09-28 Brighton, England - Brighton Dome
09-30 Southampton, England - Southampton Guildhall
10-01 Norwich, England - U.E.A. (University of East Anglia)
10-02 Newcastle, England - Carling Academy
10-03 Leeds, England - Leeds University
10-05 Sheffield, England - Octagon
10-06 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
10-07 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
10-09 Exeter, England - Exeter University Great Hall
10-10 Cardiff, Wales - Cardiff University Great Hall
10-11 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy
10-13 Cambridge, England - Corn Exchange
10-14 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Ballroom
10-15 Aberdeen, Scotland - Music Hall
10-17 London, England - London Forum
10-18 London, England - London Astoria
10-19 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire