The Keane frontman serves up a beautiful collection of songs of reflection and imagination, churning with pain and desperation, empathetically played by a small group of hand-picked supporting musicians,
After his band Keane went on hiatus in 2013, his struggles with addiction reached a scary low at the start of 2015, when he almost died after an extended drug binge. In the context of his subsequent recovery and rebirth, his solo work is a triumph; his debut album reached UK no.3. Charting the painful journey from rock bottom to an optimistic future, a cautionary tale of fame and excess.