Keane Almost Split Up Recording Their New Album

Keane have admitted that they nearly broke up recording their second album.

The trio say that the pressure got so intense recording ‘Under The Iron Sea’ that they almost called it a day.

Keyboardist Tim Rice-Oxley explains to mtv: "We had been through some big highs and big lows over the past two years, from playing Live 8 and Radio City Music Hall to being on a bus together, wanting to kill each other or escape from each other.

“If we had any sense, we would've taken a break, but we had this great idea to take all those emotions and head directly into the studio, and, well, it got really, really intense for a while."

He continues: "It got to the point where I was afraid that I would have to wake up the following morning and think about what I was going to do next.

"To suddenly realize that everything was disappearing was incredibly frightening. We all loved the music we were making so much, but when you're dealing with things that were really personal to all of us, when you immerse yourself in the emotions we were writing about, it can't help but bring up bad things."

Despite the negativity, the band got their heads down and returned to the studio to work on the album.

Rice-Oxley finished: “Slowly we all realized that none of us wanted this band to end. We were willing each other on, and it was shaky for a bit until we realized that the album was the most amazing thing we'd ever done.”