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KEANE - Under The Iron Sea
| Entertainment Weekly | | When Keane released their debut album, Hopes and Fears, in 2004, the richly justified critical praise was tempered by acknowledgment of the band's obvious stylistic debts to Radiohead and Coldplay. But there was more going on in Keane's piano-based panoramic pop than watered-down peer homage. Their unironic, gorgeously fey little tunes about the dangers and pleasures of amorous partnerships were almost histrionically obsessive....full text |
| | MusicOMH.com | | Like the choirboy who discovered rock music and started wearing a hoody, Keane are keen to shed their nice boy image and up their Trump Card cool rating from a one to a 10. But wait - won't their earlier fop-pop exploits allow the movers and shakers to dismiss them as saccharine Susans forevermore? Well, probably, yes; but that's not really the point, is it?...full text |
| | Times Online | | Success has its price, and for Keane shifting five million copies of their debut album transported them to a world of schmoozing, charity telethons and celebrity for which they were totally unprepared. Under the Iron Sea is evidence, however, that they toughened up before sudden fame could eat them alive....full text |
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