Listen is the fourth studio album by British rock band The Kooks.

[1] It is the band's first album to feature new drummer Alexis Nunez who joined in 2012, replacing Paul Garred.

Stylistically, the album differs from the band's previous work as elements of jazz, gospel, and R&B were added into the music.

Instead production was handled by Inflo with the band's lead singer and main songwriter Luke Pritchard as co-producer.

Listen was the band's first album in three years, with Junk of the Heart being released in September 2011.

16 on the UK Albums Chart and failed to meet the commercial expectations set forth by the band's previous work.

[2] The album started to take shape after frontman Luke Pritchard wrote "Around Town" without being sure if it was meant to be for the band.

Rather than us just being a band in a room, playing our guitars with the vocal over the top, which is what we'd always done before, we were really listening to what was going on around us, picking up ideas.

"[7] The results were considerably different from the band's previous three albums, to the point where they considered changing their name.

[8] Pritchard has explained that "Westside" is a track about his two best friends getting married and "Forgive and Forget" is a story of a couple breaking up in a bar.

"[18] The Independent commended lead singer Luke Pritchard's ability to search for new musical directions and also gave the album 4 out of 5 stars.