Under The Iron Sea - Keane

[chrisfromalbany]

Well for those who have the album release in Europe or for those who may have gotten a version some other way. What are people thoughts about the new album.

The three three tracks I say are
"Nothing In My Way"
"Bad Dream"
"Nothing in My Way"

 

[Cousin Patty]

What kind of music is this? I like the name and the cover artwork...

 

[feh1325]

keane is a very interesting band
they are rock but use a piano, drums, and i believe a bass guitar

the guy has a very nice voice


i'm gonna pick up their album tomorrow

 

[donunus]

i believe no bass guitar just piano and drums plus vocals. the hopes and fears cd was better. Of course I havent fully digested this one yet

 

[chrisfromalbany]

they have a guitar are some of the tracks on the new album.

 

[donunus]

who plays guitars the vocalist?

 

[donunus]

They use a guitar sounding voice on their keyboard, maybe thats what you were hearing

 

[chrisfromalbany]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQksq1j3sj8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkmhu...elated&search=

I know they have guitar parts but maybe it is a keyboard doing that. Generally thou, some of the tracks have more production to them.

 

[eyeteeth]

It's less instantly accessible than the first...or not as good? Either way I'm putting it on regular play as I'm disappointed by Sonic Youth's Rather Ripped and I need something to pan out.

Broken Toy has distinguished itself so far musically although I'm not much given to this type of sentiment.

 

[smeerkaas]

I just got it

haven't listened to it carefully though, I gotta study

 

[Bleeding Spark]

"A Bad Dream" is the best track on the album, possibly their best song thus far.
An obvious choice for the second single.

 

[Cjattwood]

I've heard various bits of the new album, and it's very good in my opinion. However, I still think "Hopes and Fears" is overall better, but that may change upon repeat listens.

 

[sno1man]

It's a pretty good album though a bit more uneven than Hopes and Fears.

So far my favorite is "is it any wonder". The opening riff is a direct steal from U2's "the real thing" though. Bad Dream is also very good. It will be interesting to see if this album has the replayability of the first album

 

[feh1325]

one of my favorites is "hamburg song"
but maybe because i can really relate to that song

sigh...?

 

[ricola_pak]

There's that guitar sound because they put the piano through a guitar effects pedal.

Very much like how Edge gets his guitar to sound like keyboards sometimes.


I can definitely hear some U2 influences on some of the tracks. I find this album more interesting than their previous one.