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1. They're calling it an EP but it's got eight tracks (EIGHT TRACKS) on it and
three of them could be obvious singles so let's be honest here, it's an album.
Full tracklisting: 'House Lights', 'Back In Time', 'Stop For A Minute' (feat
K'Naan), 'Clear Skies', 'Ishin Denshin (You've Got To Help Yourself)' (feat
Tigarah), 'Your Love', 'Looking Back' (feat K'Naan), 'My Shadow'. We had a bit
of a chit-chat with the band last week and put forward our 'it's clearly an
album what are you talking about' opinion; Tim from the band mentioned that he
agreed with something Liam Gallager recently said about the constraints of the
modern music industry meaning that bands don't really get to release enough
music. Keane's point regarding this EP is that the songs - recorded on the road
- are so diverse that they don't really make sense as a 'proper album', but at
the same time they're good enough to be released. So that is why they're
calling it an EP.
2. It's an album.
3. The artwork is boring but don't let this fool you - there's some exciting
stuff on 'Night Train'. Some of the songs continue in the trajectory of the
last Keane album, so 'Your Love' (which has touches of 'Early Winter') is quite
electrical and 'Stop For A Minute' (featuring a rap from K'Naan who manages to
rhyme 'females' with 'e-mails' thus putting this song on a level with Pixie
Lott's 'Cry Me Out' in that respect and that respect alone) sits well alongside
something like 'Spiralling'.
4. If you fear the modern world don't worry. 'My Shadow' is a proper
'Bedshaped'-shaped Keane tearjerking piano ballad (a 'piallad', if you will).
It is a lovely song about there being no need to feel alone because if you
shine a light you "will see my shadow on every wall, and you will see my
footprint on every floor", offering the advice that "when your back's against
the wall that's when you show no fear at all" and *breaks down uncontrollably
as result of massive pop blubfest*
5. 'Ishin Denshin (You've Got To Help Yourself)' sounds like the theme from a
long-forgotten early-90s Saturday morning kids TV show FROM SPAIN. Except the
guest vocalist, Tigarah (very listenable MySpace tuneage here), is a Japanese
Baile Funk expert so that's a bit confusing. The main point here is that 'Ishin
Denshin (You've Got To Help Yourself)' is on one hand amazing and on the other
hand is the sort of thing that should never ever be heard by anybody at all,
still less released as a single. It's not an easy song to come to terms with,
but we've given it four stars out of five in our iTunes library if that's any
help.
6. 'Looking Back' interpolates the Rocky theme (!) and 'Clear Skies' has a
killer, 'Call The Shots'-esque chorus, while 'House Lights' is the music they
came onto on their last tour (hence the name etc).
7. This isn't connected to the EP 'per se' but the Keane Website has a clip of
Tom performing the Pet Shop Boys tune 'Your Funny Uncle', which is quite nice.
*Breaks down uncontrollably for second time*
8. And there we have it. The new Keane ALBUM discussed in some vague waffle
which while perhaps not particularly detailed or brilliantly written might lead
you to be quite excited about this very good collection of tunes. 'Stop For A
Minute' is the first single - Keanemusic have a behind the scenes report from
the video shoot. The whole thing's out in May. THERE YOU GO.
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