> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.gilespcroft.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Phases - URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/phases/ - Published: 2025-01-18T07:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-27T20:57:06.000Z - Description: The greatest track on the greatest album you've never heard 🎧 - Author: Giles P Croft - Tags: Music, Life change, MECHANICS It’s the weekend, so let’s forget work, kick back and listen to some music. *(Oh no! I hear you protest … but it’s ok, it’s not about Depeche Mode this week* 😉) I rather like Keane, you know. Not something I’d have gone shouting from the houses a few years ago (when I cared what people thought 😆) as they seemed a tad lightweight… too catchy for their own good… even a bit boy band-y, dare I say? Didn’t stop me from buying all their albums and going to see them live… but I wouldn’t have let *you* know any of that, lol. --- And then they grew up, self-destructed, split up, eventually made up and put out their best ever album: a proper grown up thing that ticks off large swathes of the human experience, good, bad and very messy. (As an aside, I’d completely forgotten they existed, and had no idea about this ‘new’ (2019) album they’d released, until I found an interview on a podcast I like listening to—[*Sodajerker On Songwriting*](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sodajerker-on-songwriting/id479679002?ref=gilespcroft.com)—where the band’s song writer talked through his process and the stories behind all the new songs… it’s a fascinating listen, highly recommended.) [Episode 148 – Tim Rice-OxleyKeane’s Tim Rice-Oxley talks about the writing of their new album Cause and Effect. In the course of the conversation, Tim reveals his guitar-centric approach to the keyboard, why he likes to write alone, and how he uses songwriting exercises to challenge himself.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/icon/favicon.ico)Sodajerker![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/thumbnail/timriceoxley.jpg)](https://www.sodajerker.com/episode-148-tim-rice-oxley/?ref=gilespcroft.com) The songs are just as catchy and upbeat as they used to be (more so, maybe!) but now instead of being about unrequited, youthful love, or how they all get on each others’ wicks, they tackle all sorts of big life things they’ve been through, so you don’t have to, for example: - Separation & divorce *(You’re Not Home)* - Burnout *(Love Too Much)* - Parenting *(I’m Not Leaving)* - Mental health struggles *(The Way I Feel; Put the Radio On; Difficult Year)* - Getting busted for drink driving and ending up in jail *(Strange Room)* - Infidelity *(Stupid things)* … and lest we think this is all doom and gloom (it’s really not), we’ve also got: - Forgiveness *(Thread)* - Love being more important than ‘stuff’ *(I Need Your Love)* - Finding someone special *(Chase the Night Away)* - Turning the corner *(Golden Age)* But the one that I always come back to, that really has a laser focus on the human condition, is called Phases. I absolutely love it, and will happily wreck my voice, belting it out at full volume (his register is waaaaay higher than mine). Here you go, have a listen: ![audio-thumbnail](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/media/2025/11/Keane---Phases--YouTube-Audio-_thumb.jpg) Keane Phases (YouTube Audio) 0:00 /218.30530612244897 1× ### **PHASES** > A plan is a work of art > A house built to fall apart > You're digging for the answers > Crawl across the world to find > There are just more questions > Waiting on the other side > But you're still here > You're bleeding, but you're still here > Phases, the motion of our lives > Ages, the rote of changes > Erases the ink before it dries on pages > It's all just phases > And sometimes you feel how good it is > And low tide gives way to high tide > And hard times, we watch them come and go > Like crazes, it's all just phases. --- It’s really one to fall back on when you’re going through tough times and you need someone to let you know that **THIS TOO SHALL PASS**. Five, ten years from now, you won’t even remember what’s going on at the moment and everything will have changed again… ’cos it’s all just phases, innit? (It’s bloody catchy, too.) You can listen to the whole album for free on YouTube here (click on the image, or follow the link beneath). Visit Keane's YouTube Channel to listen to ****Cause And Effect** [***Keane - Cause and Effect***](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy%5Fn864sI2cOxw3k%5FGNvyW54hnQEUxuhhziE&ref=gilespcroft.com) Have yourself a lovely weekend. 💟 Giles p.s. if like me, you liked their early stuff but had no idea this album even existed then OMG you’re in for a treat!! – there’s not one moment of filler on there.