Keane finish new album

It's a weird rock'n'roll beast, apparantly

17 Feb 06 - Keane have been talking to 6 Music exclusively about their upcoming album and have confirmed that it will be a departure from their debut success - Hopes And Fears.

They say they're working on the finishing touches to tracks - although no release date is yet known.

Drummer Richard told 6 Music that the success of their first album was bound to overshadow the second:

"I think to start off with we felt a lot of pressure, but I think we reached the point where we thought actually if we keep worrying about what everyone's going to think, this is going to turn out to be a rubbish album.

"So we just thought, let's lock ourselves away and do whatever excites us really, makes us feel that sort of thrill of making music, and we ended up with a sort of weird rock'n'roll beast of an album."

"We just thought, let's lock ourselves away and do whatever excites us really."
Richard, Keane drummer

And keyboard player Tim Rice-Oxley says playing live again will be what makes all the hard work worthwhile:

"Towards the end of last year we were all kind of completely brain dead and exhausted. I think we all felt like we really wanted to have a break from touring, but it's funny how you have a few weeks off and you start to get twitchy.

"Now we're absolutely desperate to get out on the road again. We've got a bunch of new songs and I can't wait."

Jo Youle