And talking of Kanye West, Keane's keyboardist Tim Rice-Oxley has been writing on his band's website about the group's interesting week featuring the rap star.
Rice-Oxley writes: "What a strange week in the life of Keane. Exactly a week ago I was sitting on the Eurostar half-sleep, having just played the last gig of our European tour in Paris, and then I spent the entire night in the studio with Kanye West. He played us the whole of his new album, which sounded truly awesome - the bass was so fat that eventually the mixing desk blew up".
The Keane man seems to have failed to ask Kanye about his use of Auto-tune, though the did discuss some of his own songs. Rick Oxley continues: "I was especially pleased when he picked out a line from 'Spiralling' ("When we fall in love, we're just falling in love with ourselves") as being a personal favourite, as it's my favourite line I've ever written. Hurrah!".
Aside from the chit chat, West also did some work on one of Keane's recent tracks. Rice-Oxley: " Kanye did some work on one of our tracks, and after that I sat in a corner and watched him do his thing on a song for Jamie Foxx. The whole thing was a real privilege and I learned a lot. I wish I had Kanye's energy...and his dress sense!"