Tom drums the back of a chair with a pair of sticks. Tim is next door in their music room, rehearsing for showtime in exactly two hours. Strangeland is the sound of a band finally comfortable with their place in music. Later on back at the band's hotel, Tim says: "I guess we are more confident. Making our previous records out of the Keane comfort zone (they experimented with synths and hip-hop) helped that for sure. Keane's fourth album ... out on May 7 "One minute we were a piano band then we became a Euro synth band." The tracks were recorded at Tim's SeaFog studios next to his Sussex home with Vaccines, Radiohead and Lana Del Rey producer Dan Grech-Marguerat. He spent most of 2010 writing them. Tim -- who has also written for Kylie Minogue, Nicole Scherzinger and Gwen Stefani -- admits: "It took a bit longer than I'd hoped to unlock something that we all felt excited about. They are all stories you want to shine a light on." He adds: "For me it's the first time we've made something that touches on real greatness." Jesse, 30, says: "With this album Tim worked so hard. He'd write, then send tracks to the rest of us and wait for our reaction. "We'd argue about some songs. "And it's difficult because you know Tim's been sat in his studio slaving away, unlocking his soul and we go back to him, 'I don't like the line about... ' knowing he