11. KEANE - Hopes and Fears

I hang my head in shame.  How could I?  I not only ended up buying this, but I bloody like it too.  A lot.  Christ, it nearly made the top ten.  I have spent ages making nose farts when Keane come on the TV.  Then one day, I actually listened to some.  And it is what I thought, dripping guitarless pap.  But I love it all the same.  God knows why.  It sounds like Travis or Starsailor, and yet…  Music is mysterious sometimes, and how Keane wormed their way into my head I will never know.  They stayed there, though, and forced me to buy their CD.  And now they’ve forced me to admit I like them to you.  Terrible.  I was horror struck when I saw the final draft of this list.  11^th!  It’s just so...lovely.