Author: Keane

Features:

• KEANE
• R&P INTERNATIONAL
• INTERNATIONAL
• MUSIC

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 2006-06-20

Details: Product Description Their critically acclaimed debut LP 'Hopes and Fears' took the band from childhood friends to one of the most iconic and reputable acts from the UK. In keeping with the deft beauty of their trademark melodies, Keane have written a second album that mines from the depths a mesmerizing and grittier dynamic. Keane have returned with an album that boasts a bolder, smoldering and more intense sound but which retains the classic song-writing of "Hopes and Fears." Amazon.ca If U2 hadn't already released a pair of career retrospective discs, this British trio's second album would neatly do the trick in one. Not much of a surprise since Keane spent a good deal of time supporting Bono and company following the release their breakthrough debut, Hopes and Fears. From the melancholic "Crystal Ball" to the sinisterly beautiful "Is It Any Wonder?" (a blatant homage to "Zoo Station"), Keane have perfected their forebear's dark stadium-rock formula on their second album, all the more miraculous considering it was once again done without guitars. Yew Under the Iron Sea sounds considerably edgier than its predecessor, that's because it was recorded while the band was on the verge of splitting. But the friction has also given Keane a renewed sense of purpose, breaking the mid-tempo monotony with vibrant material such as "Nothing in My Way" and "Try Again": soaring songs that make the band sound unsinkable. --Aidin Vaziri

UPC: 602498568279

EAN: 0602498568279

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood