官网发布2010年全新乐队介绍和图片

在昨天，Keane官网发布了全新的乐队背景资料文，总结出Keane这几年来的音乐历程。本站也进行了翻译，对乐队介绍进行了更新，欢迎大家前去阅读。

另外，本站的图片库也新增了三张乐队照片和《Q》杂志2009年6月报道Keane的扫描图。也欢迎大家观看收藏。Tom在3月1日在BBC 6 Music接受了Steve Lamacq的采访，采访音频也已收录到本站的影音资料中。

2010年3月BBC 6 Music采访Tom

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[译]2008年官网的乐队背景资料

Tom Chaplin，负责主唱及其他，生于Hastings, 1979年3年8日
Tim Rice-Oxley (Timothy James Rice-Oxley)，负责钢琴及其他，生于Oxford, 1976年6月2日
Richard Hughes (Richard David Hughes)，负责打鼓及其他，生于Gravesent, Kent，1975年9月8日

Keane回来了。《Hopes And Fears》（2004）和《Under The Iron Sea》（2006）一共超过八百万的销售量，座无虚席的巡演，从Ivor Novellos到全英音乐奖的获奖，再加上一系列诸如《Is It Any Wonder?》《Everybody’s Changing》《Crystal Ball》和《Somewhere Only We Know》的经典热门曲目，经历过这些后，英国其中一支最让人喜欢的乐队将再一次给人们带来惊喜和刺激。

Tom Chaplin、Tim Rice-Oxley和Richard Hughes，三个自称坚持不再重耍旧技的队友，带来了《Perfect Symmetry》，这张充满了色彩斑斓的流行歌曲，和充沛纯粹的新鲜活力的新专辑。在这些充满活力的合唱中，可以感受到专辑的乐趣所在。跟以钢琴为主打 的经典首发《Hopes And Fears》与更加黑暗的《Under The Iron Sea》的截然不同一般，《Perfect Symmetry》与它们的截然不同让我们看到了一个在他们精力顶峰的Keane。这张专辑确定了Rice-Oxley在这个时代作为英国最优秀的作曲人 之一的地位，更见证了Keane抛弃所有过去的伎俩，完完全全跟着音乐来到它所需要的领域，从而造就了这张大胆创新的专辑，让人们听到它时也能感受到创作 时的乐趣。

Keane数百万的忠实歌迷会立刻发现《Perfect Symmetry》是一部只有Keane能完成的作品，而另一些可能会被他们所跨进的意想不到的领域吓跑了。的确，听过新专辑的开胃菜 《Spiralling》后，你也许根本没认出这是创作出《Somewhere Only We Know》的乐队的作品。的确，《Perfect Symmetry》是Keane第一张采用了音乐锯、萨克斯和透过一只鼓唱出歌来的专辑。专辑的录音过程在柏林、巴黎和伦敦进行。这也是他们第一张自主制 作的专辑，同时还获得知名制作人Jon Brion（与Rufus Wainwright和Kanye West合作过）和Stuart Price（与Madonna和Les Rhythmes Digitales合作过）的协助。三个男人一声欣喜的“喔!”便是你在专辑听到的第一个声音。

“我们总是说我们想挑战自己。”，Hughes说，“很多乐队，他们在发行一张专辑时，总是说他们挑战过自己了。但我们这些乐迷坐下来，一边读着这些话，一边想‘太棒了，我迫不及待想听它！’，然后你放这张碟来听，却想‘不对，等一下……’”

“我们的唱片公司恨不得我们做三张《Hopes And Fears》出来。”，他继续说道，“但我们已经做了一张了，一张就够了。”

“我觉得这绝对是我们做过的最好的音乐。”，Chaplin说，“我很期待人们能听到它。”

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2008年官网的乐队背景资料

Keane are back. After over 8 million sales of Hopes And Fears (2004) and Under The Iron Sea (2006) combined, sold-out arena tours, awards spanning Ivor Novellos to BRITs, plus an undeniable collection of hits including Is It Any Wonder?, Everybody’s Changing, Crystal Ball and Somewhere Only We Know, one of Britain’s best-loved bands are about to surprise and thrill all over again.

Avowed believers in never retreading old ground, Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley and Richard Hughes return with Perfect Symmetry, a Technicolor explosion of stellar pop songs and pure, unashamed energy; the joy in which is audible in every finger-click and life-affirming chorus. As different as piano-helmed classic debut Hopes And Fears was from its darker cousin Under The Iron Sea, Perfect Symmetry finds Keane at the height of their powers. Confirming Rice-Oxley’s position as one of the finest British songwriters to emerge this decade, the 11-song set sees Keane throwing any last vestiges of caution to the wind and simply letting the music take them where it will. The result is a thrillingly bold album that’s as pleasurable to listen to as it was to make.

While millions of paid-up Keane fans will immediately recognise Perfect Symmetry as a body of work that could have come from no other group, others are likely to be knocked sideways by their various leaps into uncharted territory. Indeed, after hearing download-record-breaking first taste Spiralling, it’s possible you might not have even recognised it the work of “the Somewhere Only We Know band”. Certainly, Perfect Symmetry is the first Keane album to feature musical saw, saxophone, vocals recorded through a drum; studio sessions in Berlin, Paris and London; their first self produced album, with input from esteemed producers Jon Brion (Rufus Wainwright; Kanye West) and Stuart Price (Madonna; Les Rhythmes Digitales) and the sound of three men yelping a delighted ‘Oooh!’ as virtually the first thing you hear.

“We’ve always said we want to challenge ourselves,” says Hughes. “Most bands, when they release an album, always say they’ve pushed themselves. But we’re all music lovers and we sit there and read these things and think ‘Great, can’t wait to hear it!’ and then you put it on and you think ‘Oh. Hang on a minute…’”

“There’s nothing that our record company would have loved more than for us to have delivered Hopes And Fears three times,” he continues. “But we’ve already done one, and one’s enough.”

“I think by a million miles it’s the best thing we’ve put together,” says Chaplin. “I can’t wait for people to hear it.”

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《Night Train》专辑封面正式揭晓

昨天，官网正式公布了将于5月10日正式发行的EP，《Night Train》的正式专辑封面。可爱的图案充满了怀旧色彩。再次提醒您，首发单曲《Stop For A Minute》的MV将于3月29日正式发布。Keane中文站会将第一手消息为您送上，敬请期待。