English alternative rockers Keane have announced that their fourth studio album ‘Strangeland’ will hit shelves on May 7th, via Island Records.
The band recorded the new album with producer Dan Grech, who’s worked with the likes of Radiohead, The Vaccines, Howling Bells, and Lana del Rey, at t Ivor Novello Award winner Tim Rice-Oxley's studio. Keane are calling it their most personal and honest record yet – with Tim Rice-Oxley describing the album as a ‘journey of redemption’.
Four 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.
In the eight years following the release of 2004’s 9x 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.
Speaking of the album, drummer Richard Hughes said: “In many respects, it feels like the completion of a circle. On the album you have songs that draw upon the experiences we used to share as kids, growing up in Battle. You can never really go back, of course. 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. Whatever it is that makes us Keane – that invisible glue – is still there. And you can hear it all over ‘Strangeland’.”
You can catch Keane at one of their up and coming UK tour dates. Check the details below to find yourself the cheapest Keane tickets around using Stereoboard’s ticket-price comparison service.
Fri March 9th 2012 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Sat March 10th 2012 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Wed May 23rd 2012 - O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Thu May 24th 2012 - O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow
Fri May 25th 2012 - O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
Tue May 29th 2012 - O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds
Wed May 30th 2012 - Apollo Manchester, Manchester
Mon June 4th 2012 - Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
Tue June 5th 2012 - O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
Wed June 6th 2012 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Fri June 8th 2012 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
Sat June 9th 2012 - Brixton Academy, London
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