Who is keane

Meanwhile, some of our old peers were looking down their noses at us because, while they were all becoming successful, we were still pursuing this ridiculous teenage dream. When Dominic left it could have been the end of the band, but it turned out to be a lightbulb moment. I was never that good on bass and found playing piano much easier. Without anyone to do a big guitar solo the songs became less flabby and I got really into the Smiths, whose early songs were really short.

I wrote Somewhere Only We Know on the little piano in their front room. The song is about us being back and having something to cling to. I picture a particular place in Sussex, just a bit of scrub where we used to go when we were kids. It probably went straight in the bin. Arriving in , it debuted at number four on the Billboard Top , topped the U. For their next project, Keane chose to pursue a different direction, returning in with a slightly retooled sound -- including the presence of electric guitar -- and a new album, Perfect Symmetry.

The synth-packed effort was their third straight number one in the U. The worldly set was also notable for bringing Rice-Oxley to the fore as vocalist for "Your Love. Desolation with a tour in support of their self-titled debut. When that wrapped, Keane got back together to record their next album. Following an international support tour, Keane delivered The Best of Keane collection -- which compiled previously unreleased singles, a collection of B-sides, and their most well-known songs -- before going on a hiatus that would last almost a decade.

During that time, Chaplin spiraled into addiction, emerging years later in with his solo debut, The Wave , which charted the course of his struggles and recovery efforts. He also released a holiday album Twelve Tales of Christmas.

Meanwhile, Rice-Oxley and Quin delivered another Mt. Desolation album, When the Night Calls , in Rice-Oxley was also in the midst of his own real-life troubles, including a painful divorce, which heavily informed Keane 's big comeback.

Seven years after their previous album, Keane returned in with their fifth effort, Cause and Effect. Masking the pain of the lyrical content, the LP featured typically soaring sonics that extended Strangeland 's matured pop sheen and dipped back to familiar tones from their s heyday. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.

Blues Classical Country. A reunion looked impossible after lead singer Tom Chaplin and songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley both spiraled through personal crises — but now, much to their own surprise, Keane has made a comeback. That's especially true for Chaplin and Rice-Oxley, who have been close friends since childhood. Keane's big break came in , when a small label agreed to release the single "Everybody's Changing. But some critics mocked the band for wearing their hearts on their sleeves.

It's the nature of any kind of success," he said. But criticism wasn't the only problem the band faced. Chaplin had an ongoing battle with drug addiction, which contributed to the band's breakup in