Keane Link Up With Irvine Welsh

Keane are set to release a special short film next week after teaming up with cult author Irvine Welsh.

The band will release an extended version of the track ‘Atlantic’ on April 21, the first material to be taken from their second album ‘Under The Iron Sea’.

The three piece approached fan Welsh to direct the video despite the fact that the writer has never directed a promo before.

Tom Chaplin said of the project: “It's a claustrophobic, foreboding song that takes you straight into the eerie world of our new album.”

“We met up with Irvine in the studio as ‘Atlantic’ was coming together. We talked and felt he was the ideal person to put our song into pictures. He in turn felt that Atlantic could prove the perfect soundscape for his directorial debut. The result is a dark artistic statement that adds a new dimension to the song.”

“We wanted everyone to have something special from the album before it comes out, something that sets people up for the mood of ‘Under The Iron Sea’, so we chose to make this a video download.”

‘Is It Any Wonder’, the first single from the long player will be released on May 29 and the album ‘Under The Iron Sea’ on June 12.