keane

[$lmjimy311]

anyone a fan?

[$nipe]

Guilty pleasure for me. However, this last album sucked for me.

[$lmjimy311]

yea im not a fan of the last album. i wouldnt call it a guilty pleasure. i like how they generally lack a guitar and their lead instrument is a piano. im a sucker for piano

[$nipe]

Haha I call it a guilty pleasure because a friend of mine calls Keane and Coldplay a couple of "Sub-U2's." But they're good, indeed.

[poolio]

I always considered Keane, Coldplay,Muse, and Travis to be sub-radiohead bands. Maybe because U2 reached its peak in the 80s and radiohead are the most innovative out of all the bands I just mentioned that do similar things, but then again you could also put Sigur Ros above radiohead because their album Agaetis Byrjun inspired Thom Yorke and co. when Kid A was being made (Kid A still being, what I consider their best album).
As for Keane, they are almost too sentimental or something. Is it Any Wonder fooled me into thinking I was listening to a Travis song when I first heard it.I thought I'd be into it as a friend recommended Under the Iron Sea. It makes me feel like I should be bopping my head at the Express for Men

[$lmjimy311]

if you're bobbing your head to it then its accomplished its goal

[poolio]

[Vallon]

Everybody's Changing is what hooked me...

... love that song... love that album really.

I don't really see the U2 comparisons... Radiohead only in the sense that they both at times are driven by piano and melancholic lyrics/vocals.

To me it's the melodies and the vocals that define them and make them great. The piano is the perfect compliment to the vocals.

Good band.