'Our New Album Was Inspired By The Vaccines' Say Keane
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Thursday, 08 March 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Alternative rockers Keane will be releasing their fourth studio album this May – and have revealed that the record was inspired by The Vaccines latest record.
‘Strangeland’ hits shelves on May 7th, and will be accompanied by a tour to support it. The new LP is their first for around four years – so what exactly did they spend that time doing and who did they draw from when they were penning tracks for the record?
“We loved what (producer) Dan Grech did on The Vaccines album,” pianist Tim Rice-Oxley told NME. “It had just come out. He'd also done stuff with Radiohead and produced the second Howling Bells album, which I loved. As luck would have it, Dan was a massive Keane fan, so we ended working with him.”
Vocalist Tom Chaplin continued, saying “The process began in 2010. We began demoing tracks then. It's the longest we've spent making a record since 'Hopes and Fears'. The album has the vibe of earlier Keane. 2008's 'Perfect Symmetry' was a big self-indulgent and this record felt a bit more like we knew ourselves a bit better and what our strengths were.”
Rice Oxley added: “We wanted it be less production led and focus on making sure that the songs were great. You write a lot of shit songs to get to the good ones. It's a very emotional album. The title track is about setting off in a certain path in life and thinking it's going to go one way, but finding out life's taken a detour. Pretty much every song on the album is about that. (But) it's a more hopeful record than it might sound!”
Keane will be touring the UK this May, as well as two nights in Bexhill on Sea this Friday and Saturday (March 9th and 10th). If you’re a fan check the dates and details of the tour below.
Keane UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Fri March 9th 2012 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea
Sat March 10th 2012 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea
Wed May 23rd 2012 - O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Thu May 24th 2012 - Glasgow Academy, Glasgow
Fri May 25th 2012 - O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
Tue May 29th 2012 - O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds
Wed May 30th 2012 - Manchester Apollo, 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 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
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