Midpoint

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Chaplin does not look particularly mired in regret. In fact, he seems radiant. Years of psychoanalysis have helped him accept not only who he is, but also how best to temper any proclivities that still percolate below the surface. He continues to see his therapist weekly. He has played acoustic guitar in such songs as "Your Eyes Open" since the 2006 UK tour, and during 2007 played acoustic solos of "Broken Toy" and "The Frog Prince". He played guitar on Keane's third album, Perfect Symmetry and has been the lead guitarist in live shows for the album. Tom plays three different Fender Telecaster guitars: one red, one white and one light blue. [7] The pop songs here are sparsely made, with minimal guitars and drums allowing Nesbitt’s strong vocals to do much of the heavy lifting – and for the most part, it works. Pressure Makes Diamonds is the album’s standout moment and a cutting reflection of what it’s like to be a woman approaching 30 in the music industry. “Every year I’m getting closer / To my career being over / ’Cause my sex appeal is lower,” she says, in a style reminiscent of Marina. Older Guys is similarly smart pop with a message about men taking advantage of young girls. Keane frontman, Chaplin, has an enigmatic – at times ethereal – voice, both as a singer since Keane burst onto stages with ‘Hopes and Fears’ in 2004, and more recently in the sharing of his mental health journey. His first solo project, the silver-certified Wave, reached the top three in 2017 and was followed by a Christmas album featuring a mix of originals and classic covers. ‘Midpoint’ has been a few years in the making for Chaplin, and absolutely worth the wait. Here’s why. I’m in love again / And tomorrow I’ll be sad,” blubs Yungblud on his latest single, Tissues. As a soundbite, it offers a fair summation of the 25-year-old Yorkshire pop-punk singer-songwriter’s entire oeuvre. Set to a shamelessly borrowed Cure riff (from 1985’s Close to Me) and a slappy 1980s beat that would make A-Ha blush, Tissues is delivered with the snarly angst of someone who positively revels in his own and other people’s misery. “I don’t want you to hide your issues / Blow them into your tissues / Give ’em to me,” chimes a jaunty singalong chorus that may have more squeamish listeners dashing for the bathroom to wash their hands.

The lingering narrative that nevertheless clings to them is that they could indeed have replicated Coldplay’s success if only they hadn’t bottled it. The truth is a little more complicated. Where Coldplay have got to now,” he continues, “seeming to chase – oh God, am I going to get into trouble for saying this? – to chase something that’s, well, that’s gone, with all those collaborations and working with certain people… I just feel I’d much rather Chris wrote an album about midlife himself, because I’m sure he’d have a lot to say.” I’ve learned about myself, and all the ways in which I might be happier, and I’m better equipped to deal with what life throws at me. Of course, things still gnaw away at me, but I don’t want to revert to type again, and I like that life now goes on in a more measured fashion. I like,” he suggests, “that sort of bobbing-along notion. It suits me.” Thomas Oliver Chaplin was born in Hastings, East Sussex, to Sally and David Chaplin OBE, a month apart from future bandmate Tim Rice-Oxley's brother, also called Tom. Their mothers became friends and he started a friendship with the two brothers that endures today. Chaplin's father was headmaster of Vinehall School in Robertsbridge, so both friends were schooled there along with Richard Hughes, who would later be their bandmate.

Chaplin uses a Hammond XK2 organ for "Hamburg Song" and " Nothing in My Way". Since May 2006, he has used a Yamaha CP60M for live piano parts in " A Bad Dream", " The Frog Prince" and " Crystal Ball". [6] With Rice-Oxley and Hughes, Chaplin then attended Tonbridge School. Studying there, they met Dominic Scott (who was a founding member of Keane but left in 2001). During his time at Vinehall, Chaplin acted in several school plays and was part of the school's choral group. He also played the flute while at school. Chaplin attended the University of Edinburgh, prior to dropping out to pursue a career in music. [ citation needed] His self-titled third album has been promoted as his most personal, and while there is no doubting his sincerity and commitment to the issues that fuel his lyrics, I am not sure the autobiographical emphasis does him any great favour. He has spoken frankly about experiencing suicidal thoughts since the age of 13, and on Billy Idol-style punk charge The Funeral, he fulfils teenage fantasies of witnessing his own burial. Sweet Heroine makes a bit too much of the most overused drug pun in pop history (heroin/heroine) in a dubious song of addictive love that does at least find Yungblud making the admission “I really need to call up my mum”. In January 2022, Chaplin appeared on the third series of The Masked Singer as "Poodle". He was fifth to be unmasked. Following that event, he said in an interview that he was working on his third solo album, that would be coming out later in 2022.

Tom Chaplin is heading out on tour this October, and we couldn’t think of anything better than catching these magnificent songs live – don’t miss out! Keane's Tom Chaplin: 'Golf has helped me overcome drug problems' ". NME. 17 March 2010 . Retrieved 16 December 2016. He also took part in Band Aid 20's re-recording of " Do They Know It's Christmas?" in November 2004 doing a solo on the line "feed the world", something that had not been done on previous versions where all artists sung. Having said that he intended to make a solo record during Keane's hiatus, Chaplin stated in January 2016 that he was recording his debut solo album in Los Angeles, California, with 40 songs written and whittled down to an album's worth. He announced in late June that the album was complete and that it would be out soon. During their stint in London, Chaplin shared a flat with Rice-Oxley in Stoke Newington and they tried to get money for rehearsal time. Chaplin worked at a publishing company where his chief responsibility was to carry boxes.

On The Go

Chaplin was invited to join the band by Rice-Oxley, after he finally convinced the other two, in 1997, when the name The Lotus Eaters was changed to Cherry Keane, after a friend of Chaplin's mother. 'Cherry' was later removed from the name.

So that’s a proper partnership, but I do know what it’s like to test that partnership. At times, it feels like it’s gone a little stale, and sometimes you do feel that there might be another life out there, and would I be better off? Do I tear everything down and start again? I know that there’s so much I take for granted, but I have children, I have a home, and I wouldn’t ever want to say goodbye to that; that’s a frightening thought.” He shudders. “So I’m happy to make [the relationship] feel like a different kind of love, or that the love has shifted, and changed. It doesn’t mean it’s any less. It’s just different.” Tom Chaplin has become that most unfashionable of things: a middle-aged man. But unlike many pop stars, rather than enter a state of denial, the Keane frontman has decided to confront the inevitable head-on with Midpoint, his third solo album.T HE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “ Tom Chaplin, frontman for the band Keane, has released his new solo album Midpoint. Produced by Ethan Johns, this emotionally charged collection features 13 new songs sung with beauty and grace. Although predominantly known as lead singer and pianist for the band Keane, Chaplin has been taking his solo career by storm since his critically-acclaimed debut album, ‘The Wave’, released in 2016. Keane star Tom Chaplin threatens thieves over wife's stolen gem". Daily Express. 4 January 2015 . Retrieved 16 December 2016.