![]() It’s hard to pick a favorite – like picking a favorite child or something! That said, I have a very soft spot for the song “ The Starting Line”, which is about trying to find hope and be spirited even in the darkest of times. What is your favorite song off the album? I guess this record is the sound of a band playing to their strengths! It all began with allowing Tim enough time and space to write the songs – he came up with 80 in the end! Sonically, I’d say this record sits somewhere between our first and second albums, although it contains elements of everything that we have learnt as a band over the years. And you can hear it all over 'Strangeland'.I reckon Strangeland is the most assured album that we have made – we had an instinctive desire to be really well prepared, so that there wouldn’t be any loose ends, rushed decisions or regrets. Whatever it is that makes us Keane - that invisible glue - is still there. Once in a while though, after a good day, we'll go to the local pub and talk about everything and nothing until it's time to go home. On the album you have songs that draw upon the experiences we used to share as kids, growing up in Battle. "In many respects, it feels like the completion of a circle. This will be the first time fans will hear new material. They announced the dates in the local paper only and within 5 minutes they were sold out. On finishing the recording of the new album in February Keane announced two special shows at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, a location close to their hearts as it was both their teenage haunt and near to where the album was recorded. ![]() In the eight years following the release of 2004's 9z platinum Brit award winning 'Hopes & Fears', every Keane album has marked a clear progression from the previous one: the anxious emotional terrain mapped out by 'Under The Iron Sea' the iridescent poptimism of 'Perfect Symmetry' featuring the electro charged hit song 'Spiralling', voted Q Magazine's 2008 Song Of The Year. If Keane's feverishly loyal fanbase wondered what the group's next album would sound like, they weren't the only ones. I love the idea of the journey through 'Strangeland' being a journey of redemption."įour years have elapsed since Keane's last album 'Perfect Symmetry' two since 'Night Train', the mini-LP which followed its three full-length predecessors to the top of the British album charts, securing them a place in pop history. Tim Rice-Oxley recently said of the album: "'Strangeland' feels like an adventure that brings with it different things for different people, and like any adventure is full of uncertainty, and the potential for mishap, as well as the possibility of amazing things and glorious discoveries. ![]() ![]() The British multi-million selling band are now a four piece with the addition of new member bass player Jesse Quin who collaborated with Rice-Oxley on Mt. They are calling it their most personal and honest record yet. The band recorded 'Strangeland' with producer Dan Grech (Radiohead, The Vaccines, Howling Bells, Lana del Rey) in the UK at Sea Fog, Ivor Novello Award winner Tim Rice-Oxley's studio. Keane have this morning announced details of their new album 'Strangeland' which is set for release on 7th May 2012 through Island Records.
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