Courteeners released their new EP How Good It Was, the title of the EP will feature on the new Album Concrete Love.

Frontman Liam Fray said that following their last album they found it “really difficult” to leave tracks out which is why they have released the EP.

“With ‘Summer’ we were just teasing,” he revealed. “This is the real deal. I had the same feeling with ‘How Good It Was’ that I had with ‘Are You In Love With A Notion?’. As soon as I’d written it, it just felt right. It was a perfect fit straight away.”

Liam Fray has never been one to shy away from his emotions and this EP is no exception to his candid eye for relationships. The opening track ‘How Good It Was’ reminds us of Liam Frays talent to reminisce in an almost exhilarating way that you can’t help but sing along. Any doubts after the earlier release of ‘Summer’ will be quickly disappeared by just how good this is.

Hometown one is yet another catchy tunes with infectious guitar/drum riff combination, a great song but nothing original to make it a stand out. Sunflower however is the biggest surprise of the EP, a stripped down acoustic track which really brings attention to Liam Frays soft and almost folky voice.

No reading between the lines with the last song of the EP Why Are You With Him? Yet another track to follow the theme of past relationships in this EP. When talking about this song Liam said it was about a ‘Good Friend’ of his:

“Why Are You Still With Him was written in New York a few years ago about a good friend of mine. I’m happy to be able to finally give it a good home.”

If this EP is even the slightest reflection of the album then I’m sure we will not be disappointed with Concrete Love which is released August 8th.