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Keane frontman Tom Chaplin plays a Sofa Session for Jo, including music from his new album, 'Midpoint'.

At 43, Tom Chaplin now finds himself at an equilibrium. Or, in fact, a midpoint.

Tom began writing these new songs two years ago when Keane’s 2019 'Cause and Effect' tour was rudely 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.

While the songs share an emotional warmth first exhibited on Tom’s debut 2016 solo album ‘The Wave’, sonically this new music is a revelation.

'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.'

Coming 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 in their lives-well, I’d be more than happy with that.'

Keane achieved mainstream, international success with the release of their debut album 'Hopes and Fears' in 2004. Topping the UK charts, the album won the 2005 Brit Award for Best British Album and was the second best-selling British album of 2004. It is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. Their second album, 'Under the Iron Sea', released in 2006, topped the UK album charts and debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200.

Tom and his band will tour the UK this autumn, starting October 6th at Leicester’s De Montfort Hall and finishing up at the London Palladium October 22nd.