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http://www.rollingstone.com/assets/images/album_review/7fcf711827bcba2a9ce02c314ffdfa352e3b1a91.jpeg Strangeland

Keane

Strangeland

Interscope
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May 23, 2012

Keane's nostalgia-drenched fourth disc looks back to their mid-2000s heyday, when they were contenders for Coldplay's sad-rock throne. At times it's catchy, but its maudlin ballads and monochrome synth-pop production are also kind of dull.

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