Premiere: The Kooks 'Forgive & Forget' Gets The Isabella 'Machine' Summers Treatment

Listen to this track from The Kooks' forthcoming remix album, first with MTV...

Friday, November 13, 2015 - 14:15

We're just piling on the premieres this week!

Next up, Brit rockers The Kooks are releasing a remix album - Hello, What's Your Name? - a fresh take on their recent LP Listen enlisting artists from all over the shop to tinker with their tracks featuring a line-up including Jack Beats, Kove, The Nextmen, Kideko and more.

Isabelle Summers, the 'Machine' in Florence + The Machine, had the pleasure of refixing 'Forgive & Forget', and we've been given got the first spin of her stripped back, piano-stabby take on the track. Check it out below...

https://soundcloud.com/kooksmusic/10-forgive-forget-isabella-machine-summers-remix/s-65DWh?in=kooksmusic/sets/the-kooks-remix-lp/s-vrZhf

What did you think? You can compare it to the original here..

View the lyrics

Don't say that I never moved you
Just because I saw the light before you did
Yes, I know that I never showed you
All the rooms inside of my soul

Yeah

Yeah
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me

Walking up and down the hall
Frankie and his third lover
Speaking all the words she wants to hear
But that don't mean forever

Yeah
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me
Yeah
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me

Sitting down by the fire
Frankie plays the guitar
People playing make believe
Say, "can we get a little higher?"

You give it away
You give it away
You give it away
You give it away
So easy baby
But I can't stand
An hour break
Another day
So let me make it easy babe
And it goes on and on and on and on
On and on and on

Packing her bags
She found somewhere to stay
And in the car to the station
You know the world looks a little brighter
And then there's no need for conversations
Tell me why

You give it away
You give it away
You give it away
You give it away
So easy baby
But I can't stand
An hour break
Another day
So let me make it easy babe
And it goes on

You say you need someone to love you

You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me

Yeah
I forgive and forget you
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me (but it ain't me)
So I forgive and forget you
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me (but it ain't me)
Yeah
I forgive and forget you
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me
So I forgive and forget you
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me
Yeah
I forgive and forget you
You say you need someone to love you
But it ain't me
So I forgive and forget you

Writer(s): Luke Pritchard, Dean Wynton Josiah Cover, Alexis Nunez Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

The Kooks' Hello, What's Your Name? Remix Album is released on 4th December.