I hope the other stuff is a bit more...i dunno. composed?

These songs sound a bit all over the place - a bit cluttered I guess. Ill definately get the album, but at this rate I think I prefer UTIS more so than what I've heard.

Wow, I go away for a few days and look what happens in Keane-land!

 

And Better Than This is my favorite new track, I think. Although Love Is the End is really great as well--very "old Keane" but still great. The Lovers Are Losing is alright, but too Crystal Ball-ish for me at the moment.

And now I can't get the chorus of The Lovers Are Losing out of my head.

 

Seriously, I think all these new Keane songs are growers. They're just "ehhh" at first and then you realize how good they actually are. Love Is the End keeps getting better and better as well.

i have to share this....

I'M GOING TO SEE THEM ON SEPT 29TH AAAAGH!!!!!:laugh3::laugh3:

THEIR NEW SINGLE SUCKS ASS........just had to share that so ya!

Under The Iron Sea was their best. But it just sounds like (after 3 albums) they still haven't found where they belong (genre wise).

I disagree.

OMG, darkchoc92, these are wonderful news! You're SO lucky indeed! I so wish I could be there, but it's impossible. Well, therefore there's nothing else for me but hoping they'll have a big tour following the release of the new album... But I hope you'll tell us everything about that special evening, won't you? :D

Well, for me, I absolutely LOVE their new songs! "Spiralling" sounded quite unfamiliar to me at first and so did "Better than this", but having listened to both again and again, all I can say now is that I really like them! "The lovers are losing"'s going to be my new favourite, though. ;)

I just can't until the release, I'm sure it's going to be a totally amazing new album and I'm sure they won't disappoint us a bit! :)

Cover art revealed! I'm liking it. Just what I'd expect after hearing the songs.

 

 

Hi everyone. Thought you might enjoy a sneaky look at the cover art for Perfect Symmetry. The basic pattern is a combination of ideas - namely the decidedly imperfect symmetry that's one of the main themes of the album, and the design concepts of the Bauhaus movement that we fell in love with while we were recording in Berlin. Looking through the gaps in the pattern you can see glimpses of sculptures of us specially made by the brilliant Korean artist Osang Gwon.

 

These sculptures are truly incredible works of art, and you'll be seeing a lot more of them in the next few months. We'll also be telling the story of how they were created - it's quite a process, quite an experience in fact. They're life-size (a bit bigger actually), spooky, stunning, hyperreal and funny all at the same time. The man is a genius.

Tim

Hehe, Hitler loved bauhaus. But im sure he would have hated the modern art of that cover.

Nice artwork

JUST HOW GOOD IS THAT?

 

 

That will look epic on a 12".

 

Wow.

Interesting album cover....It fits with the theme of the album.

WOAH!, Thanks for the links 'The Lovers Are Losing' Is ACE, (Maybe better than Spiralling???), Thanks alot!, I didn't know others had been leaked!, I can't wait till the album!

If you can't wait for the album, stop downloading the single tracks when they leak :P

Spiralling is endlessly on my i-pod,hilarious song!

Haha Dave,your quote in your sig

yes yes can't wait.

 

There seem to be people here who never heard of Keane, or what? At least 3 of them voted that, hehe

Keane!

 

Check this video out! It’s a performance of Keane doin “Somewhere Only We Know” from their new DVD “Curate A Night for War Child” from Fontana. Their performance was pretty good so I’m lookin forward for this DVD to come out. Just wanted to share this with you guys. [ame=http://www.dailymotion.com/ursokeane/video/x6q8n3_keane-somewhere-only-we-know-live_music]Dailymotion - Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (Live), a video from ursokeane. Keane, somewhere, only, we, know@@AMEPARAM@@http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x6q8n3@@AMEPARAM@@x6q8n3[/ame]

Really cool, thanks a lot! But I think you missed the Keane thread. ;)

Oh? sorry about that lol. i just really wanted to post this up and share it with you guys. glad you liked it!

Great performance! I love it when crowds sing along! This thread may be deleted, so re-post on the Keane official thread. Thanks a lot, anyway!

I love Somewhere Only We Know. I don't think Keane is so good live, but this is:)

Can't wait for the new album, isn't it coming soon? Hope the rest of the album are better than Spiralling, I wish they could stop using so much techno in their songs. Still waiting.

I've just pre-ordered the new album as it was on special offer. I hope I'm not disappointed.;)

Where did you pre-order it from and are they reliable, i.e. do they deliver it on the release date? I'm always wary of pre-ordering online incase it doesn't actually come on the day it's released.

wow I love the cover!!!