Album Info

Hopes and Fears

Rock - 2004

Plaintive pianos aside, Keane’s sound has as much in common with the mournful British synth-pop duos of the ’80s as... more

Tracklist

1

Somewhere Only We Know

3:56 min
2

This Is the Last Time

3:27 min
3

Bend & Break

3:40 min
4

We Might As Well Be Strangers

3:12 min
5

Everybody's Changing

3:35 min
6

Your Eyes Open

3:21 min
7

She Has No Time

5:45 min
8

Can't Stop Now

3:37 min
9

Sunshine

4:11 min
10

Untitled 1

5:36 min
11

Bedshaped

4:35 min

About Hopes and Fears

Plaintive pianos aside, Keane’s sound has as much in common with the mournful British synth-pop duos of the ’80s as it does fellow piano-led indie rockers like Coldplay. Their best songs—“This Is the Last Time,” “Bend & Break”—start quietly with a soft, introspective verse, in which Tim Rice-Oxley’s stately piano acts as a melancholy foil to Tom Chaplin’s worried tenor. When it all blossoms into an ecstatic, sky-bound chorus, it’s as if the sun has come out, rewarding doubt with blessed relief.