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We were right at the end of recording and had some extra tape on the last day, so Tony said, ‘Do you have anything else that you want to do?’ Having it as the first track is unexpected. It was this kind of piano ballad, so I wrote a bit more on it. Luke Pritchard: “Paul, the drummer, had written it on piano and it was a completely different vibe. People think of The Kooks as quite a soft band, but actually it was pretty raw.” Let Pritchard and Harris talk you through all the original tracks, plus some highlights from the extras on this 15th anniversary reissue. It’s fast, it’s energetic, and it’s quite angry at times. “When I listen back now, I forget how intense the record is. “The band all wanted to play different styles, and I was in the middle with my songs getting pulled around, and an amazing sound was created from that,” Pritchard tells Apple Music. Meanwhile, “Matchbox” and “Got No Love” betray a love for reggae, ska, and dub. On the anguished “I Want You” or the breakneck rattle of “If Only,” The Kooks play with an angst and energy that feels like they could implode at any moment (the sometimes volatile dynamic audible here meant that the lineup that recorded the album-completed by bassist Max Rafferty and drummer Paul Garred-didn’t last much beyond 2008 follow-up Konk). However, the album also harbored an adventurousness that stretched beyond the bushy-tailed hits.

The Kooks’ deft knack for a killer hook and seductive melody ensured “Naive,” “Sofa Song,” and “She Moves in Her Own Way” became as ubiquitous on daytime radio as they were on the booze-sticky floors of UK indie clubs. Recorded with producer Tony Hoffer (Beck, Supergrass), the band’s 2006 debut, Inside In, Inside Out, practically explodes with a live-wire joie de vivre.

Having formed after guitarist Hugh Harris heard frontman Luke Pritchard playing his songs on the streets of Brighton, The Kooks bounded into the public consciousness in the same post-Strokes indie boom that brought the world the Arctic Monkeys.

Inside Out download the new version for apple