Yes, And is an attempt to follow lineage within music. Yes, And Augat 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm As our culture changes, our music evolves alongside it.Sounds Like: Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Radiohead
Recommended Tracks: “Disconnected” (Track 3), “Day Will Come” (Track 10), “Sea Fog” (Track 12) It’s not going to hurt the band, but it sure didn’t help. The piano is quiet in this track, and the drums and harmonies are like whispers, redeeming the album and proving a crucial point: less is more. “Disconnected” is easily the most interesting song on the album, and it breaks away from the uplifting pattern in the other songs with lyrics like, “We walk in circles / the blind leading the blind/ we’ve been disconnected somehow.” The final song on the album, “Sea Fog,” slows things down and focuses on Chaplin’s voice. Only in two songs, “Disconnected” and “Sea Fog,” do we get the chance to hear the music accompany Chaplin’s voice. It must have been too much for him as well. In his defense, one can only take so much inspiration. He’s not feeling them, and so the listeners can’t feel them as well. The biggest problem is that Chaplin is only singing these songs he’s walking through the motions. This album is overworked it’s too much to take in. The way the songs bleed into each other is exhausting. In “You Are Young,” Chaplin tells the listener that “You’re shielded by the hands of love,” –inspiring, right? The next song, “Silenced By the Night” follows with words like, “You and I, we’re gonna rise again,” and “I’m not scared of this world when you’re here.” It’s supposed to be encouraging and exhilarating and heartening, but the whole time, I just wanted it to stop. In fact, I liked it, but only before I realized that all of the other songs were clones, lacking the creativity behind a really good song. The first song, “You Are Young” isn’t bad. Strangeland is reaching out to touch our hearts, and our hearts, or at least, my heart, doesn’t want it. And for anyone listening for any substance past the sound, you won’t find it here.
The message of this album is about as original as a paper towel. The message of the album is clear: live life to the fullest, friendship is powerful, love prevails, blah blah blah. However, the dramatically uplifting music is overshadowed by the repetitive, clichéd lyrics that make Strangeland annoying, generic, and forgettable. And the music is nice-good piano, good bass, good quality sound. Tom Chaplin, the lead singer, is a skilled vocalist-good tone, good control. Strangeland is like childhood regression, taking us back to early Keane, putting the choral arrangements and uplifting songs underneath a magnifying glass. Keane hit it on the nail in 2004 with “Somewhere Only We Know,” and even evolved into a Radiohead sound with Perfect Symmetry in 2008. To be fair, Strangeland had a lot a live up to. It’s like a dad going in for an awkward hug-thanks, but no thanks. This tour is a must for Keane’s fans from near and far and a very warm welcome awaits you here in Strangeland.Keane’s new album is the black sheep in the family, out-casted and disappointing.
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Hear about Keane’s Strangeland in their own words in our interview with Tom and Richard on The Band tab and then follow the trail in any order you like with either your smartphone or by downloading our PDF map. Go back even further, to the very beginning with Hopes and Fears, and visit where they “felt the earth beneath my feet” and find exactly where in Battle Keane last played in 2004. Through Strangeland, the band’s fifth consecutive number one album, Keane revisit the places and spaces of a youth spent growing up in Battle and share the geographic and emotional journeys that helped shape their lives.Īre you a fan of the track Sovereign Light Café? Have you watched the videos and interviews of Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley, Richard Hughes and Jesse Quin? Do you want to visit their home town, see for yourself the places they sing about and walk in their footsteps? Then here you’ll find exactly what you need to do just that! Take a tour of Strangeland and see Powdermill Lane and the Battlefields for yourself. Thanks to international super-group Keane, the East Sussex towns of Battle, Bexhill and Hastings will forever be remembered collectively as “Strangeland”.
Welcome to Strangeland: Keane on Battle and Bexhill
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