This album is simply brilliant, Tom's vocals are never anything but spot on. After seeing them in comcert and listening again to this album i can honestly say there are songs that make the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. If you haven't bought this album yet i highly recommend you do, you'll not regret it.

well you can never say keane are bland, as a 43 year old male youve got to take your hat off to the lads from Battle, they never let you down, Toms vocals and Tims lyrics complement eachother perfectly. and whether youre a teenager or middle aged man you cant deny the lads always deliver classics. keep it up boys! x x

On first listen the first 4 tracks seem nothing special until you get to the title track 'Perfect Symmetry' which is absolutely beautiful and so powerful. This is followed by 'You Don't See Me' which is another beautiful song with Keane's wonderful trademark tinkling piano. The third brilliant song is track 10 'Black Burning Heart', another powerful up-tempo number, and the album rounded off with the very laid-back, cool and pretty 'Love is the End'. I found that, although I wasn't keen (excuse the pun) on Spiralling, The Lovers Are Losing and You Haven't Told Me Anything at first, they have grown on me with subsequent listens, and 'Again & Again' is good solid Keane fare. The only tracks that don't do it for me are Better Than This which is too quirky and sounds more like David Bowie than Keane, Playing Along which is just too repetitive and lethargic and Pretend That You're Alone which, although having clever lyrics, is just too quirky for me. So 3 brilliant tracks, 5 good strong ones and 3 not so good, 8 out of 11. I'm seeing Keane at the O2 in Feb 09 and am really looking forward to it!