Tom Chaplin ponder a 'MIdpoint'

Tom Chaplin, frontman for the band Keane, releases a new solo album, Midpoint, Sept. 2 via BMG. It was produced by Ethan Johns. At 43, Tom Chaplin now finds himself at an equilibrium. Or, in fact, a midpoint. The title track is captured in a film starring Niamh Cusack, directed by Lucy Bridger. Watch HERE.

Tom began writing these new songs two years ago when Keane’s 2019 Cause and Effect tour was interrupted by the pandemic. The songs, all founded on reflection and imagination, were recorded in six weeks at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath and Paul Epworth’s The Church in North London.

“I was like, wow, these are bare compared to what I’m used to,” Tom admits. “And it did find it frightening because with Keane records there’s so much layering to thicken things up and fill up the spaces. But this is a sparse record.”

Arriving as Tom enters mid-life, Midpoint is like nothing else. “There’s space for something nuanced that explores a part of life that everyone goes through,” Tom says. “If I can get some of that across and it can resonate with something people are feeling" in their lives as well, "I’d be more than happy with that.”

Tom and his band will tour the UK this autumn Tickets go on sale July 15.

UK dates:

October

Thu 06 LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall
Fri 07 SOUTHEND, Cliffs Pavilion
Sat 08 CAMBRIDGE, Corn Exchange
Mon 10 MANCHESTER, Albert Hall
Tue 11 YORK, Barbican
Thu 13 NEWCASTLE, Gateshead Sage
Fri 14 GLASGOW, Royal Concert Hall
Sun 16 LIVERPOOL, Philharmonic
Mon 17 CARDIFF, St David’s Hall
Tue 18 BATH, Forum
Thu 20 EASTBOURNE, Congress Theatre
Fri 21 BIRMINGHAM, Symphony Hall
Sat 22 LONDON, Palladium

Track Listing:

Rise and Fall
Black Hole
Stars Align
Colourful Light
Gonna Run
It’s Over
Midpoint
Panoramic Eyes
Gravitational
New Flowers
Cameo
Overshoot