Keane
Hopes And Fears

There are those who play only with drums and guitar (White Stripes), others with two drummers (Warlocks), and even some without bass and guitar: these are Keane, this is the peculiarity of this UK-based trio. The lineup consists of a drummer, a keyboardist (or pianist, if you will...), and a singer, and they hail from the United Kingdom.

Their debut single, "Somewhere Only We Know," characterized by a very autumnal video, is a perfect mix between the vocal part of Travis and the instrumental part of Coldplay. There is nothing new in this album; everything seems already heard, but it's a "heard before" of quality, similar to Travis but also Coldplay, Starsailor, Manic Street Preachers, Grandaddy... all stuff of exceptional quality. In short, when you have to take inspiration from someone, you should be inspired by bands with a certain value.
Everything turns out to be very calm, as in "Everybody's Changing," "Bend And Break," "We Might As Well Be Strangers," "This is the Last Time," all tracks where the vocalist's voice stands out and the piano parts are extremely peculiar and incisive, sweetened also by a very light presence of strings.

It is not a brit-pop band, even though, according to them, the inspiration for this album came from listening to "Definitely Maybe," the true masterpiece by Oasis. It is a very simple album, which sounds very, very calm and light, an "easy-listening" certainly not innovative but always pleasant to listen to. We hope they will have a great future.