Keane: Hopes And Fears

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Eldritch · #1 Post by **Eldritch** » Thu 29 Apr 2004, 6:55 am

Has anybody else heard this yet? I have been listening to it for the last week and it's a very strong album indeed. At first listens it sounded a bit same-y but after a dozen listens everything falls into place. Don't think we'll hear a better debut this year.

Leeds City Boy · #2 Post by **Leeds City Boy** » Thu 29 Apr 2004, 9:04 am

I think it'll be a huge album when it's released, the tracks I've heard so far; the two singles, This Is The Last Time and Bend & Break were all excellent.

Eldritch · #3 Post by **Eldritch** » Thu 29 Apr 2004, 9:11 am

Leeds City Boy wrote:I think it'll be a huge album when it's released, the tracks I've heard so far; the two singles, This Is The Last Time and Bend & Break were all excellent.

The tracklisting on my advance cd goes like this:

1. Somewhere only We Know
2. This Is The Last Time
3. Bend & Break
4. We Might As Well Be Strangers
5. Everybody's Changing
6. Your Eyes Open
7. She Has No Time
8. Can't Stop Now
9. Sunshine
10. Untitled 1
11. Bedshaped

Strangely enough, Amazon list a different one: 12 tracks in a different order. My copy is an official one sent by the record company, so perhaps it's the correct one. Well, the one I have has all the potential hit singles first and piles the growers to the end. On the first listens this gave a lop-sided impression of the album, but it sounds great now. My faves are Bend & Break, She Has No Time and Bedshaped.

DJCulture · #4 Post by **DJCulture** » Thu 29 Apr 2004, 9:43 am

This is an album I'm really looking forward to. I love the two singles.

shamelessboyuk · #5 Post by **shamelessboyuk** » Thu 29 Apr 2004, 11:58 am

DJCulture wrote:This is an album I'm really looking forward to. I love the two singles.

Which ones? There's actually 3

'Everybody's changing', 'The last time' and 'Somewhere only we know'.
The fourth is going to be 'Bend and break'.

So far I've heard all of those along with 'Bedshaped' and 'Can't stop now', which all make for a must buy album as most can be described as awesome.

Eldritch · #6 Post by **Eldritch** » Thu 29 Apr 2004, 12:04 pm

The b-sides of Somewhere Only We Know were fighteningly good too. I have yet to heard a mediocre song from them.

DJCulture · #7 Post by **DJCulture** » Thu 29 Apr 2004, 2:28 pm

shamelessboyuk wrote:
DJCulture wrote:This is an album I'm really looking forward to. I love the two singles.
Which ones? There's actually 3
'Everybody's changing', 'The last time' and 'Somewhere only we know'.
The fourth is going to be 'Bend and break'.

So far I've heard all of those along with 'Bedshaped' and 'Can't stop now', which all make for a must buy album as most can be described as awesome.

Three? Oh yeah, one was released on an Indy label wasn't it? The two I've heard are Somewhere Only We Know and Everybody's Changing.

Scandal · #8 Post by **Scandal** » Thu 29 Apr 2004, 6:05 pm

I shall definitely be buying this album. I was in the newsagent's earlier when 'Everybody's Changing' was played on the radio and I actually hung around the shop until the song finished....

Scandal · #9 Post by **Scandal** » Sun 02 May 2004, 1:45 am

When will Hopes and Fears be released?

Brighton Belle · #10 Post by **Brighton Belle** » Sun 02 May 2004, 9:58 am

I went to see Keane in concert last week- the first date of their UK tout and they were excellent. They seem genuinely nice and and un-starry- they appeared overwhelmed by the size of the crowd that had turned out to see them. At the end of their encore, the drummer walked to the front of the stage and tentatively and politely offered his drumsticks to the people at the front instead of bouncing them off into the crowd like most bands do! It made me chuckle! They are going to be huge and deservedly so.

Eldritch · #11 Post by **Eldritch** » Sun 02 May 2004, 6:31 pm

Scandal wrote:When will Hopes and Fears be released?

May 10th.

Scandal · #12 Post by **Scandal** » Sun 02 May 2004, 8:44 pm

Eldritch wrote:
Scandal wrote:When will Hopes and Fears be released?
May 10th.

Thanks. I shall definitely be buying this one.

Eldritch · #13 Post by **Eldritch** » Mon 03 May 2004, 2:25 pm

Playlouder seems to like the album too:

http://www.playlouder.com/review/+hopesandfears/

shamelessboyuk · #14 Post by **shamelessboyuk** » Mon 03 May 2004, 10:40 pm

DJCulture wrote:
shamelessboyuk wrote:
DJCulture wrote:This is an album I'm really looking forward to. I love the two singles.
Which ones? There's actually 3
'Everybody's changing', 'The last time' and 'Somewhere only we know'.
The fourth is going to be 'Bend and break'.

So far I've heard all of those along with 'Bedshaped' and 'Can't stop now', which all make for a must buy album as most can be described as awesome.
Three? Oh yeah, one was released on an Indy label wasn't it? The two I've heard are Somewhere Only We Know and Everybody's Changing.

You could say 4 singles, as 'Everybody's Changing' and 'The last time' were both released on Fierce Panda.

DJCulture · #15 Post by **DJCulture** » Wed 05 May 2004, 10:25 am

shamelessboyuk wrote:
DJCulture wrote:
shamelessboyuk wrote: Which ones? There's actually 3
'Everybody's changing', 'The last time' and 'Somewhere only we know'.
The fourth is going to be 'Bend and break'.

So far I've heard all of those along with 'Bedshaped' and 'Can't stop now', which all make for a must buy album as most can be described as awesome.
Three? Oh yeah, one was released on an Indy label wasn't it? The two I've heard are Somewhere Only We Know and Everybody's Changing.
You could say 4 singles, as 'Everybody's Changing' and 'The last time' were both released on Fierce Panda.

No doubt they'll be worth something in the years to come.