STRANGELAND COVER

From Alex Lake's website,


Very pleased to announce I’ve been working with Keane through 2011 on the photography for their forthcoming album ‘Strangeland’. This is the cover and the record is released on 7th May 2012.

A proper blog on this to follow in good time.

MT. DESOLATION ANNOUNCE ALBUM COVER AND DEBUT TOUR

From Q the music's website,

Mt. Desolation the side project of Keane members Tim Rice-Oxley and Jess Quin have announced details of their debut UK and Ireland tour.

They will head out across the UK and Ireland in September for 17 dates, kicking off in Belfast on the 9th, concluding at The Ballroom in Brighton on September 28th, with the dates preceding the release of their self titled first album, on October 18, through Island Records. Artwork for the album has also just been revealed (pictured).


Tickets for the tour are on sale from Friday for £10 or €12 via Aloud.com or at Musicglue.

Mt. Desolation debut tour

9th September - Belfast, Spring & Airbrake
10th September - Dublin, Whelans
12th September - Nottingham, Bodega
13th September - Birmingham, Glee Club
14th September - Newcastle, Academy 2
15th September - Glasgow, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
16th September - Inverness, Hootanannys
17th September - Stornoway, Woodlands Centre
18th September - Ullapool, Loopallu Festival (£70 festival tickets)
19th September - Fort William, Watercolour Studio
21th September - Isle Of Mull, An Tobar
22th September - Dundee, Fat Sams
23th September - Aberdeen, The Tunnels
24th September - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
25th September - Manchester, Deaf Institute
27th September - London, The Scala
28th September - Brighton, Ballroom

Mt. Desolation's website.

The band's first teaser track State Of Our Affairs can be downloaded for free here.

Album Cover Art REVEALED!

Hi everyone.

Thought you might enjoy a sneaky look at the cover art for Perfect Symmetry. The basic pattern is a combination of ideas - namely the decidedly imperfect symmetry that's one of the main themes of the album, and the design concepts of the Bauhaus movement that we fell in love with while we were recording in Berlin. Looking through the gaps in the pattern you can see glimpses of sculptures of us specially made by the brilliant Korean artist Osang Gwon.
These sculptures are truly incredible works of art, and you'll be seeing a lot more of them in the next few months. We'll also be telling the story of how they were created - it's quite a process, quite an experience in fact. They're life-size (a bit bigger actually), spooky, stunning, hyperreal and funny all at the same time. The man is a genius.

Tim

My thoughts on this new artwork are possitive. I like it despite all the other previous cover albums. I think each one was good in its own way, context and meaning. I love this one for the colours and the triangles in a very symmetrical way. To include some pics of the eyes of the guys is really cool cos it gives a sense that they are part of the perfect symmetry xD but I truly love it....so much.