A somber track, mellow and softly sung by Tom Chaplin. “ Black Rain” – Time to close your eyes, sit back and relax. Not a whole lot to say about this other than it’s yet another good song. “ The Starting Line” – And it’s back to melancholy. Wish it gets a single release in the lead up to the London Olympics. Absolutely love the chorus and a joyful one to sing-along to. “ On The Road” – An uptempo number and the kind of song I was hoping Keane would do more of. “ Sovereign Light Cafe” – Although Keane have been playing this song on numerous shows for over a year now, hearing this studio version for the first time made me love it even more! Titled after the seaside cafe where Tim & Richard used to hang out, track five is easily one of the best (if not the best) songs on the album. “ Watch How You Go” – Things slow down with track four, and the melancholy sets in. I would have hoped the second single could have been a drastic change of tune, as supposed to more of the same. I mean it’s not bad, but it’s not that great either. “ Disconnected” – I questioned Keane’s decision to release this song as their second single.
A perfect choice to remind listeners of the early years of Keane. “Silenced By The Night” – The first official single from Strangeland is pure Keane at their best.Īn addictive piano hook, simple melody and a great chorus. So a great start to the album then! 🙂 – 4/5Ģ. A lyric that comforts me over turning 30 this year. “ You’ve got time, you’ve got to try/and bring some good to this world,” Tom sings during the bridge. “ You Are Young” – The opening track is a mid-tempo piano-tinged ode to the young. Which in Keane’s case means Hopes and Fears, and as much as I was keen to hear what the band had produced, I hoped they wouldn’t play safe with the production.ġ. Prior to the album’s release, it was reported the album would be a “return to form” – a phrase often used to suggest that a band are going back to the sound that made them famous. Meaning, a new album was only due in 2012. Looking back, Keane have released an album every two years. The band continued their experimental journey with 2010’s Night Train, an EP containing songs that were a mix of styles and genres, but still somehow retained the Keane touch. I’ll admit, although the album contained some favourites like “You Haven’t Told Me Anything” and “Again and Again,” for the first time I wasn’t hooked on repeat listening to a Keane album. The then three-piece band strayed away from the norm two year later with Perfect Symmetry. Keane followed it up with the brilliant Under the Iron Sea (2006) which I loved just as much. It was such a good album, from start to finish, I wouldn’t skip any of the tracks.
I played the living crap out of that album! In office, I would play it for my co-workers. The rest – as any Keane fan today will say – is history. When I first Keane’s breakout hit “Somewhere I Only We Know” in early 2004, I decided to give their debut album Hopes and Fears a listen. There are two British bands that I consider among my favourites from the 2000-era.
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