STRANGELAND 10/4/2011 soulful reading of Black Sabbath's

soulful reading of Black Sabbath's "Changes" (from 1972's Vol

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and killer production featuring some nice dub-inflected drum effects

when Human League/Pete Shelley producer Martin Rushent was being considered for the task

STRANGELAND 10/4/2011 soulful reading of Black Sabbath'sKeane's fourth outing trades in the officious electro pop flourishes that peppered 2008's Perfect Symmetry for a more familiar approach. Closer in tone to 2006's Under the Iron Sea, some may find Strangeland's reliable mix of Coldplay, Snow Patrol, and "Sit Down" era James to be a bit rote, but when it comes to crafting relatively safe, achingly melodic, and terminally sincere adult alternative rock songs, there are few groups as prodigious as the