Keane confirm third album details

Keane have confirmed details of their third LP Perfect Symmetry.

The record, which will be released on October 13, will apparently "ignore the rules of good taste".

Tom Chaplin's band recorded the follow-up to 2006's Under The Iron Sea in LA, Berlin, London and Paris.

Speaking about the process, the band said: "We started out in Paris, where [collaborator] Jon Brion inspired us to create first and think later.

"We took the night train to Berlin, where everything came together in an avalanche of experimentation that took us all by surprise; where we made a pact with [producer] Stuart Price to ignore the rules of good taste; where we were hypnotised by Marlene Dietrich and spent many a long night throwing ideas around in the crumbling Cabaret-esque glamour of our favourite bar."

The group continued: "We've hidden ourselves away in the depths of the English countryside, recorded a new track in London at the last possible moment, and now we're in Los Angeles tying up the loose ends."