Keane: Strangeland – review

(Universal)Four albums in, Keane songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley shows no signs of adjusting to fame. His lyrics for Strangeland ache with nostalgia and regret, for simpler days and a time before responsibility. Perhaps if he took that responsibility less seriously, his songs wouldn't come across as platitudinous chapters in a self-help book, crammed with exhortations to "have faith in brighter days" and "don't hang your head 'til your distance is run", which Tom Chaplin delivers with customary gusto...

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