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When I think of Keane, my first thoughts aren’t ones of innovation and experimentation. I suppose it was quite fresh to do away with their guitarist and rely on vocals, keyboards, and drums to provide the music that has touched so many of us. But since their first album in 2004, it’s been business as usual, with little deviation from the expected except Tom Chaplin’s dalliances with drink and drugs. I don’t think anyone expected that.

What I do associate Keane with is pop music of the highest order; easy-listening, uplifting, and joyful. Hopes and Fears has that in droves,...