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Keane

Stephen Dalton, The Times, 20 April 2012

A RAINY NIGHT in Zurich. These streets may be paved with Nazi gold, but tonight they are also alive with the sound of music. On a small stage in the politely bohemian Plaza club, Keane are playing a low-key fan-club show to launch their latest album. And Britrock's most unassuming multi-platinum exports are doing what they do best: heart-squeezing, melody-drenched piano-rock anthems that surge skywards on warm currents of emotional uplift. The boys are back in town. Switzerland, lock up your daughters.

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