That’s an idea that came about from the front covers of old sci-fi novels I’d been reading in the pandemic. It’s called ’10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark’ as I like the idea of it being a cassette playlist. Ironically, this is maybe the most cohesive record we’ve ever made, we’re just releasing it as EPs instead. We just felt like a change, and EPs seemed a fun, modern way of doing that: an EP is not too much and not too little. “We’re not trying really hard to be Number One. There are fresh ideas, but this is an album for our fans.” What’s the thinking behind releasing ’10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark’ as three EPs and then compiling them into an album? We’re not trying to smash up our back catalogue on this album. We’re comfortable with who we are and we’re having fun with it. Coming into this album, we wanted to make an album with a youthful, fresh spirit. The world is mad like that, but it’s exciting for us. It’s a coming-of-age album with a lot of angst, which is probably why teenagers still discover it. “’Inside In/Inside Out’ has got a lot of energy. You can try to be too clever when writing a love song, and I just wanted to write a song about falling in love at first sight.” As well as getting married since The Kooks’ last album ‘Let’s Go Sunshine’ in 2018, you’ve become a favourite among a new generation of students. I’d given up on love a bit, and then there she was. We drank martinis all night and then Elle beat me at chess. It’s about the night we met, at (legendary Soho pub) The French House. Pre-order Rock Believer, out on February 25, 2022.Luke Pritchard: “It is, 100 per cent. In March and April 2022, the band is set to perform at the Planet Hollywood Resorts & Casino in Las Vegas as part of its residency, followed by a European tour scheduled to kick off with a number of shows in Germany in June 2022 - with more concerts on a global level in the pipeline. Rock Believer, the credo of their new album, will also be the moniker of their upcoming tour. Their latest album Rock Believer will be out on Universal’s Spinefarm label in the U.S. Their success to date impressively underlines the influence that the Scorpions continue to have on the rock music scene.
Countless awards, a star on the Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame, and more, hits such as “Rock You Like a Hurricane” and “Still Loving You,” among others, followed. Scorpions are one of the world’s most important rock bands of recent decades, having sold more than 120 million records to date, played over 5,000 concerts, and created a timeless classic in their legendary single “Wind of Change,” which dominated the international charts and still is the best-selling single worldwide by a German artist. In a peaceful world after the pandemic, it will be time for the peacemaker to rule… that’s an image that really appeals to me,” says Meine. At a time when so many people have died and are still dying of COVID, from devastating wars and other senseless crimes, it makes you feel that the undertaker must be working overtime. ‘Peacemaker, peacemaker/Bury the undertaker.’ I was just playing around with those words. “The first thing that came to my mind,” remembers Scorpions singer Klaus Meine, who wrote the lyrics to the song (music courtesy of Rudolf Schenker and Pawel Maciwoda) and produced the band with the support of Hans-Martin Buff, “was the hook line. Does a band whose musical career will span 50 years from the release of their first phenomenal album success Lonesome Crow to the arrival of Rock Believer in February 2022 still have the bite, the toughness, and the brute force that it takes to create and record one or two dozen brand new tracks? Aren’t their 18 studio albums to date, their platinum and double-platinum awards, garnered around the globe, enough for these relentless musicians? Is there still enough gas in the tank to keep going? One of their songs provides the answer to these questions: “Let’s play it louder play it hard / Laid back and a little dark / Give me a dirty riff my friend / There’s gotta be more gas in the tank.”Īnd indeed, “Peacemaker” sounds like it’s been freshly reimported from the heyday of a legendary hard rock band.
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