I bought a Keane – The Greatest Hits Album – I only know one old song from there which is; Somewhere Only We Know which was released in 2004, which is also my favorite :) Other than that, none of their songs ever appear in Malaysia radio airwaves. Nonetheless, this album that consists of 38 tracks is simply awesome and pleasing to the ears. Keane are an English alternative piano-based-rock band which was formed in 1997 in Battle, East Sussex, England. They have a very unique sound as in guitars are being used very minimally. For this matter, they have been dubbed as "the band with no guitars", thanks to their heavily piano-based sound. Their distortion piano sound has been a key to most of Keane's multifaceted style and most definitely their most recognizable asset. Keane’s vocal style is measured and elegantly delivered, the vocalist uses no grit and doesn't drive his voice when the music ramps up, stepping up only in volume rather than aggression as most other rock singers are prone to do. Therefore Keane's signature sound is a gentle, refined but full-bodied brand of romantic pop-rock which does not crunch or overdrive itself, but manages to soar using orchestration and other arrangement means.
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