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Browse piano sheets by Keane on Zen Virtual Piano. The members of Keane grew up together in Battle and got together as a band in school. In the late 1990s they moved to London and learned their craft on the classic Camden circuit near the end of the Britpop scene, a time that felt very inspiring for young bands. Back then they were a traditional indie band; their guitarist, Dominic Scott, was Irish and adored U2, which meant plenty of big, delayed guitars. After several years without getting anywhere, Dominic told the others he was leaving, and Tim Rice-Oxley switched from bass to piano. A band that once had big, delayed guitars and later built songs on piano can be read as a sound that changed its centre. Previously, everyone in the band had contributed songs, but with Tim writing on piano he started handing over songs such as “Bend and Break,” “This Is the Last Time” and “Everybody’s Changing.” Songs such as “Bend and Break” and “Everybody’s Changing” arriving from the piano can be read as the new instrument supplying the band’s repertoire as well as its sound. “Somewhere Only We Know” was written on a little piano in a front room, with the driving rhythm of David Bowie’s “Heroes” in mind as a starting point, using the pounding piano like a rhythm guitar. The release of Hopes and Fears in 2004 made it the year of consecration for Keane and brought them success in the UK and around the world. A piano played like a rhythm guitar can be read as a band keeping the energy of its guitar years in a new instrument. Tim Rice-Oxley told CBSNews.com that the band had a sense that it was capable of making a really, really great album and that it was about time to make a good effort at doing that, which meant thinking just about the music rather than any other possible influencing factors. A band talking about thinking just about the music can be read as a group clearing away distractions before an album. In 2013, the band released its first Best-Of album and went on a short tour. By mutual agreement the band then decided to take a “long break” to develop their personal and artistic lives, since Jesse had become a father for the second time and Tom wanted to release a solo album. A best-of album followed by a long break can be read as a band looking back before stepping away.
Browse piano sheets by Keane on Zen Virtual Piano.
The members of Keane grew up together in Battle and got together as a band in school. In the late 1990s they moved to London and learned their craft on the classic Camden circuit near the end of the Britpop scene, a time that felt very inspiring for young bands. Back then they were a traditional indie band; their guitarist, Dominic Scott, was Irish and adored U2, which meant plenty of big, delayed guitars. After several years without getting anywhere, Dominic told the others he was leaving, and Tim Rice-Oxley switched from bass to piano. A band that once had big, delayed guitars and later built songs on piano can be read as a sound that changed its centre.
Previously, everyone in the band had contributed songs, but with Tim writing on piano he started handing over songs such as “Bend and Break,” “This Is the Last Time” and “Everybody’s Changing.” Songs such as “Bend and Break” and “Everybody’s Changing” arriving from the piano can be read as the new instrument supplying the band’s repertoire as well as its sound.
“Somewhere Only We Know” was written on a little piano in a front room, with the driving rhythm of David Bowie’s “Heroes” in mind as a starting point, using the pounding piano like a rhythm guitar. The release of Hopes and Fears in 2004 made it the year of consecration for Keane and brought them success in the UK and around the world. A piano played like a rhythm guitar can be read as a band keeping the energy of its guitar years in a new instrument.
Tim Rice-Oxley told CBSNews.com that the band had a sense that it was capable of making a really, really great album and that it was about time to make a good effort at doing that, which meant thinking just about the music rather than any other possible influencing factors. A band talking about thinking just about the music can be read as a group clearing away distractions before an album. In 2013, the band released its first Best-Of album and went on a short tour. By mutual agreement the band then decided to take a “long break” to develop their personal and artistic lives, since Jesse had become a father for the second time and Tom wanted to release a solo album. A best-of album followed by a long break can be read as a band looking back before stepping away.
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The members grew up together in Battle and got together as a band in school, then moved to London in the late 1990s and played the Camden circuit.
Hopes and Fears, released in 2004, which brought them success in the UK and around the world.
After the 2013 best-of album and a short tour, the band decided by mutual agreement to take a “long break”: Jesse had become a father for the second time and Tom wanted to release a solo album.
