Under The Iron Sea’

Released On: Island/Interscope Records

Date: 12th June 2006

‘Under The Iron Sea’ heralds the hugely anticipated return of Keane.

Their critically acclaimed debut LP ‘Hopes and Fears’ took the band from the early nurturing of the Fierce Panda stable to become one of the most iconic and reputable acts from the UK.

In keeping with the deft beauty of their trademark melodies, Keane have written a second album that drags from the depths a mesmerising and grittier dynamic.

The underlying narratives remain constant throughout the record. They touch on the dislocation of a generation powerless to change decisions that have been made on behalf of them. The search for places that don’t exist and answers that are never there become apparent foremost on first single,] ‘Is It Any Wonder?’ as well as on the W.B. Yeats-inspired ‘A Bad Dream’.

This eagerness to pose questions culminates in an album brimming with confidence and empathy, taking the listener through the band’s own curiosity,

“In the songs we created a kind of sinister fairytale-world-gone-wrong, a feeling of confusion and numbness represented by a dark place under an impenetrable iron sea.”

During the making of the album, the band’s unique, lifelong friendships have been tested as the lyrics to songs such as album opener, ‘Atlantic’ and ‘Broken Toy’ prove.

Experimenting with their piano-led sound, Keane channelled a plethora of guitar effects pedals through the band’s electric piano (CP70), resulting in a warped take on the traditional output of the instrument.

The importance of expressing the album visually has resulted in the groundbreaking short film download of album opener, ‘Atlantic’, directed by cult author Irvine Welsh, as well as the artwork of Sanna Annukka, a Finnish artist whose block-style prints capture the sinister allegorical mood of ‘Under The Iron Sea’.

Keane have returned with an album that moulds a bolder, smouldering and more intense sound but which retains the classic song-writing of Hope and Fears.

Keane on MTV

KEANE paid tribute to their fans MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) last night (02NOV06) for being patient with the band during frontman TOM CHAPLIN's battle with alcohol and drugs. The SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW group cancelled a string of North American and European dates when Chaplin checked himself into London rehabilitation clinic The Priory in August (06). After an appearance at the Q Music Awards in London earlier this week (30OCT06), Keane performed at Copenhagen's Radhuspladsen (City Hall Square) at the EMAs, just weeks after Chaplin's release from rehab. Chaplin told MTV, "I've rediscovered myself. "The fans, the love, was incredible. The best kinda support you would want."

Font: http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/keane%20thanks%20fans%20for%20support_1012667
Unfortanly they lost the categories that they were nominated!

Sorry!

Lots of work means little time to my blog.
But the love for Keane remains. The new album is great, hopes and fears was better in my humble opinion but this one is a brand new style :)
Tom drugs and alcool dependecy is a very sad situation but the best we have to do is wish him to be well and back soon.
Miss you Tom!

Bilhetes

Tenho para vender 4 bilhetes para o concerto na Aula Magna, dois doutorais-30€ e dois anfiteatro-23€, interessados é deixar comentário!

Mini-tour na Europa

Em antecipação do segundo álbum, Under The Iron Sea, a banda vai dar alguns concertos na Europa, em sessões muito “intimistas”, devido à pequena lotação dos espectáculos. As datas são as seguintes:
9 de Maio no Heineken Club, Madrid – bilhetes em pré-venda no site http://keanetickets.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DisplayItems.html11 de Maio na Aula Magna, Lisboa – bilhetes também já em pré-venda 17 de Maio em Kesselhaus, Berlim - bilhetes também já em pré-venda 18 de Maio em Rolling Stone, Milão - bilhetes também já em pré-venda 23 de Maio em Trabendo, Paris - bilhetes também já em pré-venda 26 de Maio no Paradiso, Amesterdão – Pré-venda começa dia12/04/0627 de Maio em Sentrum, Oslo – Pré-venda começa dia 19/04/06

Is it any wonder? e Atlantic
No passado dia 10 de Abril, pelas 10 horas da manhã, foi lançado nas rádios, a nível mundial, o novo single da banda: “Is it any wonder?”, integrante do álbum a sair, Under The Iron Sea. A grande novidade da música é o uso de sons de guitarra produzidos pelo piano.
Atlantic, vai ser o primeiro single com direito a um vídeoclip, realizado por Irvine Welsh, e estám previsto passar pela primeira vez no Channel 4 no dia 21 de Abril às 23.35horas de Inglaterra.

Strangers- Documentary!!!!

The band has released a documentary entitled Strangers on Nov 14th.
It´s a documentary made by an old friend and film-maker Ed Roe, who shadowed the band during their Spring 2005 Tour of America. It takes a fly-on-the-wall approach so shows the band in an unsual candid way.
There are loads of extras on there too, including 16 live performances from different venues, two photo galleries, six promo videos, two "making of" videos, various concerts visuals, etc.

Source: www.keanemusic.com

I´ve allready got myne! You should get one too!!!!

About Richard...

Full name: Richard David Hughes
Place and date of birthday: Gravesend, Kent, 8th September 1975
First Cd you bought: Depeche Mode- Violator
Album that influenced you modt? U2- Achtung Baby
Best gig you have ever been to? REM, Earl´s Cut
Favourite Bands? U2, Bjork, The Smiths
Favourite Keane song? Bend and Break
Authors you find inspirational? Jose Saramago, Ian McEwen
Favourite Film: Rear Window