KEANE DETAILED INFORMATIONS ABOUT THEIR THIRD ALBUM

First, all the credits go to a Keane fan Chris Flynn who wrote everything you'll see here.
This text is based in Keane quotes,interviews and posts in their official site.
Once again, this wasn't wrote by us but by a Keane's fan called Chris Flynn.

Album title - Song titles mentioned - Black Burning Heart, Playing Along
(falsely quoted as Playing Away) , Perfect Symmetry, 'YHTMA'
Written - February 2007 onwards
Recorded - February 2008 onwards
Recorded at:
+ le Studio de la Grande Armée, Paris, France - 11th February to 23rd February *.
+ Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany - 4th March onwards
Produced - Jon Brion (Paris), Stuart Price (Berlin - from 14th March)
Additional personnel - Jesse Quin (bass)
Mixed -
Label - Universal (Island / Interscope)
Latest quoted release date - 'late September 2008' (31 December 2007).

- Details: -
14 March 2008 - Tim - keanemusic.com - message
+ Stuart Price has arrived to work on the sessions in Berlin.
+ "Richard's massive '80s drum sounds"
+ "[We] are agreed that the more tasteless and uncool we can make our music the
better, and that only when you lose the fear of breaking the unwritten rules of musical
etiquette can you make a really great album."

29 February 2008 - Richard - keanemusic.com - message
+ The band left France after two weeks, with "five tracks <...> well on the way".
+ Jesse Quin is recording basslines (previously played bass at Union Chapel and Warchild
gigs in November 2007)
+ One of the new songs is titled 'Playing Along' as opposed to 'Playing Away'
+ Song title mention: 'YHTMA' (may be an abbreviation).
Discuss In The Official Forum

15 February 2008 - Tim - keanemusic.com - message
+ The band spent "3 weeks working on songs in Sussex" (presumably the barn).
+ "We're now in Paris recording".
+ Jon Brion is working on the sessions in Paris.
Discuss In The Official Forum

23 January 2008 - Richard - keanemusic.com - Q&A
+ "I guess I might sing on the record".
Discuss In The Official Forum

18 January 2008 - Tom - keanemusic.com - Q&A
+ "There's a new song called 'Perfect Symmetry', which is the best song that Tim has
ever written. A true classic and also a song for our times. I can't wait to start singing
it to you lot out there. You won't be disappointed."
Discuss In The Official Forum

31 December 2007 - Feature - Q Magazine, February 2008
+ "currently being written in a converted barn in Sussex."
+ More than 20 songs for possible inclusion.
+ Aim to finish recording in late summer, with a view to September release.
+ Possibly released as 4 EPs.
+ Tim affirms the benefits of "throwing things down quickly".
+ Tim: "...There's something to be said for having a minimalist approach: just drums,
bass and voice."
+ Tom: "Some of them have a very classic feel. These could have come off a Talking
Heads album. Or a U2 record from the '80s. Or a classic Bowie record."
+ Tom: "Perfect Symmetry sounds like something off [Bowie's 1973 album] Aladdin
Sane."
+ Song titles mentioned: Black Burning Heart, Playing Along (quoted as Playing Away),
Perfect Symmetry.
Discuss In The Official Forum

6 August 2007 - Richard - keanemusic.com fans interview
+ "We've got some time in our barn, the HQ, which we're going to spend working on
stuff in advance"
+ "We've said in the past that we don't want to just churn out records that are the same"
+ "Maybe we'll try something that's as empty as possible. There's certainly elements of
that that you could experiment with. You could try and be more minimal in your approach
with instruments and try to get a bit more funk in there. We'll see! Or it might just be a rock
album – you know, I don't know."
Discuss In The Official Forum

15 June 2007 - Tim - Planet Sound - interview
+ "Yes, [Tom]'s writing quite a bit. But, more importantly, we're trying to pool our
resources creatively. It's not the basic writing, it's getting in a room, taking a basic
form and having input."
+ "What are the new songs' lyrics like?
Quite philosophical in places. I've just written a song I'm very pleased with which is
about small-town America, it's quite a rant. I'm not a big fan of its religious small-minded
nature. There are a lot of good things about small-town US, like the community feel, but a
lot of appalling things too."
+ "How do the five winning songs sound?
Quite a variety, which is why it's hard to say too much. It's very early days. Some take a
direct line from Under The Iron Sea, a song like Leaving So Soon. The other side of the
songs is newer. One is very, very different. It's more of a Kanye West vibe. It's fantastic,
it's got some great stuff in it, a very exciting piece of music. The name of it keeps changing."
Discuss In The Official Forum

12 April 2007 - Tim - keane.fr - interview
+ "Tom wants to try one of our news songs as a kind of a duet, a bit like 'Two Of Us' by
The Beatles, so we'll see how that sounds!"

3 April 2007 - Tim - keanemusic.com - interview
+ "Well, we've actually spent the last four days working on new songs, which has
been pretty exciting. <...> It's good to be playing together, working songs up in an
organic way rather than just layering them in the studio. <...> They're sounding
really great."
Discuss In The Official Forum

20 February 2007 - Tom - keanemusic.com interview
+ "Tim made a compilation of about 15 or 20 songs."
Discuss In The Official Forum

* Jesse posted a picture of an empty studio room to Flickr taken on 23rd February.
Tim's posting on the 15th suggests the band were in Paris on the Monday, so
we can assume the sessions were between 11th and 23rd.

(Wrote by Chris Flynn)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

To blogmaster, Ana Catarina. Today is her birthday (almost in the end)

And I only wanted to wish her the best in her life, with many Keane, but also friendship, love and everything great!

I know, she is a great person and she is more than perfect, because she is one of my best friends!

Thanks for everything Ana!

And thanks for everything, you've done for this blog and our forum and especially, what you've done for me!

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TOM'S BIRTHDAY

Thomas Oliver Taylor Chaplin, was born in East Sussex, England in March 8, 1979.

• Tom's Life and Career

David Chaplin and Sally Taylor, had a baby on March 8,1979, with a name. A few weeks before Tim Rice Oxley's brother, also called Tom. He started a beautiful friendship with both that remains today.
His father was Vinehall School's headmaster in Robertsbridge, so both friends studied there.
With Rice-Oxley, Tom attended Tonbridge School.Here they met Richard Hughes and Dominic Scott (an original member who left the band in 2001).During his time at Vinehall School, Tom acted in several school plays and was part of the school's choral group.
In 1995,Tim, Richard and Dominic started their first band "The Lotus Eaters". It was a cover band that played U2,Oasis and Beatles at Sussex pubs.

• Keane

Tom was invited to join the band by Tim in 1997, when the name "The Lotus Eaters" was changed to "Cherry Keane". Later "Cherry" was removed from the name. The name was used to represent eternal friendship since the band members all knew who Cherry Keane was.

In July 1997, Tom went to South Africa for his gap year, during the rest of the band were preparing themselves for a gig. When Richard went to take Tom a year later, on July 3 1998, his first words were, "We've got a gig in ten days." This would be the band's first performance at the Hope & Anchor pub on July 13 1998. Chaplin then began studying for a degree in art history at the University of Edinburgh, before leaving to pursue his music career in London.

Tom shared a flat with Tim in Stoke Newington and they tried to get money for rehearsal time. Tom worked at a publishing company where his chief responsibility was to carry boxes.

With Scott in the line-up as the lead guitarist, Chaplin had to play the acoustic guitar. Since Scott left in 2001, he primarily takes lead vocal, but also plays the organ on "Hamburg Song" during some live gigs, as well as a distorted piano for newer songs on their second album. He also took part in Band Aid 20's re-recording of Do They Know It's Christmas? in November of 2004 doing a solo on the line "feed the world", something that hadn't been done on previous versions where all artists sang.

• Drug rehabilitation

On August 22 2006, Tom Chaplin revealed that he was receiving treatment for alcohol and drug abuse problems. He left the Priory Clinic in London on October 6 but is still receiving treatment.

• Equipment

Chaplin uses a Hammond MK2 organ for "Hamburg Song" and "Nothing in My Way". Since May 2006 a Yamaha CP60M for the distortion piano riffs on "A Bad Dream", "The Frog Prince" and "Crystal Ball", is used.

He also has been playing the acoustic guitar in songs like "Your Eyes Open" since the 2006 UK tour, and during 2007 an acoustic solo of "Broken Toy".

• Known Compositions

"Call Me What You Like"
"Closer Now"
"The Silence Of An Alien"

• Keane Songs Dedicated to him

"Hamburg Song" : About Rice-Oxley's hopes to be still a friend for Chaplin.
"Broken Toy" : About Chaplin's indifference.
"Thin Air" : Though not declared, strong lyrics make it obvious.
"Maybe I Can Change" : Written by Rice-Oxley with forgiveness lyrics for Chaplin and one of the songs written the latter.

SPECIAL EDITION:
'WHY TOM MAKES US SO HOT?' http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=DQsvtNtP9gY

Happy Birthday Tom!