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"Keane have revealed that they were inspired by The Vaccines for their latest album. The band said that they are fans of The Vaccines&amp;#039; debut record and decided to work with its producer for their own upcoming LP Strangeland.  Tim Rice-Oxley told NME: &amp;quot;We loved what Dan Grech (producer) did on The Vaccines album. It had just come out.  &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;d also done stuff with Radiohead and produced the second Howling Bells album, which I loved. As luck would have it, Dan was a massive Keane fan, so we ended up working with him.&amp;quot; Speaking about the sound further, singer Tom Chaplin added: &amp;quot;The album has the vibe of earlier Keane. 2008&amp;#039;s Perfect Symmetry was a bit self-indulgent and this record felt a bit more like we knew ourselves a bit better and what our strengths were.&amp;quot; Rice-Oxley continued: &amp;quot;We wanted it be less production-led and focus on making sure that the songs were great. You write a lot of s**t songs to get to the good ones. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a very emotional album. The title track is about setting off in a certain path in life and thinking it&amp;#039;s going to go one way, but finding out life&amp;#039;s taken a detour.  &amp;quot;Pretty much every song on the album is about that. [But] it&amp;#039;s a more hopeful record than it might sound!&amp;quot; Keane will support Strangeland with a UK tour later this year, starting at Newcastle&amp;#039;s O2 Academy on May 23. &amp;gt; Keane preview new US single &amp;#039;Silenced by the Night&amp;#039; Watch the trailer for Keane&amp;#039;s Strangeland below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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