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Keane – Perfect Symmetry

Keane will never be blamed for inciting a riot, and being known as a marginally successful piano-pop band was good enough reason for them to try something new – that “new” is Perfect Symmetry, an attempt at self-reinvention that is pretty large scale, but ultimately falls flat because there’s no breathing room; every song sounds like it wants to be an anthem, and all of the vocals sound the same – like a bad impression of Better Than Ezra – and while it sounds like Keane is trying to catch up to The Killers, they end up sounding like an insincere cover band.

Grade: 2.3 / 5

October 13, 2008
Island