10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark

10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark is the sixth studio album by British rock band The Kooks. The follow-up to the 2018 album Let's Go Sunshine, it was produced by Tobias Kuhn and the band's lead singer Luke Pritchard, and released on 22 July 2022 through the band's independent label Lonely Cat with distribution by AWAL. It is the first album recorded by the band as a trio following the departure of bassist Pete Denton in late 2018.^[1]

10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark
Studio album by The Kooks
Released	22 July 2022
Recorded	2019–2021
Genre	Alternative rock indie rock
Length	32:14
Label	Lonely Cat AWAL
Producer	Tobias Kuhn and Luke Pritchard
The Kooks chronology
Let's Go Sunshine (2018) 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark (2022) Never/Know (2025)
Singles from 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark
"Connection" Released: 27 January 2022 "Beautiful World" Released: 21 April 2022 "Cold Heart" Released: 24 June 2022

Background

Following the Brexit referendum, Luke Pritchard wanted to maintain The Kooks' European connection by going to Berlin to work with writer and producer Tobias Kuhn.^[2] After coming up with five tracks, the COVID-19 pandemic brought work to a halt in March 2020, which meant Pritchard had to return to the U.K. and continue the writing sessions with Kuhn via Zoom. Afterwards, Kuhn traveled to London to record with the band.^[3]

Release

With a desire to do new things,^[4] The Kooks chose to release the songs from 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark as a series of EPs. Connection - Echo in the Dark Part 1 - containing "Connection", "Jesse James" and "Modern Days" - was released on 27 January 2022,^[2] followed by Beautiful World - Echo in the Dark Part 2 containing "Closer", "Beautiful World" and "25" - on 21 April 2022.^[3] The single "Cold Heart" was released on 27 June 2022,^[5] with the remaining songs—"Oasis", "Sailing on a Dream" and "Without a Doubt"—being issued as part of the album on 22 July 2022.

Track listing

10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Connection"		Kuhn Pritchard	3:47
2.	"Cold Heart"		Kuhn Pritchard	4:43
3.	"Jesse James"	Pritchard Hugh Harris Kuhn	Kuhn Pritchard	2:54
4.	"Closer"		Kuhn Pritchard	3:41
5.	"Sailing on a Dream"	Pritchard Alexis Nunez Kuhn	Kuhn Pritchard	3:11
6.	"Beautiful World" (with Milky Chance)	Pritchard Clemens Rehbein Philipp Dausch Kuhn	Kuhn Pritchard	3:04
7.	"Modern Days"		Kuhn Pritchard	2:51
8.	"Oasis"		Kuhn Pritchard	1:53
9.	"25"		Kuhn Pritchard	3:44
10.	"Without a Doubt" (featuring Neiked)	Pritchard Victor Rådström	Rådström	2:26
Total length:				32:14

All tracks are written by Luke Pritchard and Tobias Kuhn unless stated otherwise.

Personnel

The Kooks

• Luke Pritchard – vocals, guitar, bass^[6]
• Hugh Harris – guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Alexis Nunez – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Tobias Kuhn – production (except track 10), recording engineer (except track 10), bass (track 2)^[6]
• Pete Randall – bass (track 9)^[6]
• Victor Rådström – production (track 10), mixing (track 10)
• Craig Silvey – mixing (except tracks 6, 8 and 10)
• Nikodem Milewski – mixing (track 6)
• Paul Mühlhaüser – mixing (track 8)
• John Davis – mastering
• Dani Bennett Spragg – mix engineer (except tracks 6, 8 and 10)
• Rob Wilks – recording engineer (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8 and 9)
• Jonas Halle – recording engineer (tracks 2, 4, 6 and 9)
• Max Margolis – recording engineer (tracks 5, 6 and 9)
• Darren Jones – recording engineer (track 9)

Charts

Chart performance for 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark

Chart (2022)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	62
UK Albums (OCC)[10]	32