Did you know that Tim Rice-Oxley, Keane's keyboard player and songwriter, is a college friend of Chris Martin, and was once asked to join Coldplay? Rice-Oxley said no.
Normally, this would lead to years of bitter regret and swearing at the radio every time Yellow came on. Instead, Keane are now in the same position as Coldplay were when they released their second album, A Rush of Blood To The Head, the one that took Martin and co from headline tours to stadium tours.
Maybe Keane were taking notes, because Under The Iron Sea does exactly what that album did - it recognises all the things people liked about the band the first time and does them again, but with extra flourish.
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