Konk (album) the band. Drummer Paul Garred would also be forced to abandon touring for three months in mid-2008 due to an injury to his left arm; he was initially replaced on tour by Nick Millard (formerly of Crackout) before returning. Garred then left again in late 2009, and Chris Prendergast, who had been the drummer for Kooks tourmate Kid Harpoon, joined in 2010 as both live drummer and band member during initial sessions for the next album. Allmusic said with "Konk", The Kooks "explores pop and rock in all their glory," while BBC Music described their second album as "a little
Memoirs of a Murderer (album) the album they had released two EPs; "Midwest Monsters" and "Proem", both of which contained tracks that would feature onto this album. After they released Midwest Monsters they were signed to Roadrunner Records to release Proem in June, to then announce this album a month after its release. The band had previously recorded material for a full-length studio album in 2008 but under the label Equal Vision Records with Chiodos guitarist Jason Hale, however the band dropped from the label with Jason Hale departing from the band and no album was released, details regarding those recorded songs have not been