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In less than a couple of weeks, the internet has unearthed three new Keane tracks. This last one to leak, “Better Than This,” continues to channel Brandon Flowers’ more annoying serenades on Hot Fuss. There are two sides of Hot Fuss, the half that is extraordinary and mind-blowing, and the half that is bitterly underwhelming. This new drip from Keane’s out-of-control leaky faucet sadly belongs in the latter category. This is truly not the Keane we all know and love — and I was even starting to love the “Spiraling” and “The Lovers Are Losing” Keane; “Better Than This” brings it down several notches.
Hey Keane! You can do so much better than this!
I Love the irony in this song.
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Will 08.28.08 at 11:12 am
I agree with you, don’t know if I am warming up to the track or not. The other 2 are great too. Hopefully the album is solid overall!
sheezy 08.28.08 at 11:27 am
not THAT bad but the other 2 tracks are a lot better
Michael 08.28.08 at 3:24 pm
Ummm.. Brandon Flowers & Hot Fuss are Killers, not Keane. Unless I missed something, in which case slap me.
Dee 09.29.08 at 11:29 pm
Deeply disappointed by ‘Spiralling’ the moment I heard it. Barely gave it a few listens when they gave it free from their site…then forgot about it!! That has never happened to me & one of my favourite bands. That song is channelling the band ABC from the 80’s (an era/sound which I understand was an influence on this album.) ‘The Lovers Are Losing’ has given me some faith…’Better Than This’ - I definitely like it as it goes on. Has some Bowie influence in there with the keys. Thanks for putting these up!