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"Sovereign Light Café" is a song by English alternative rock band Keane released as the third single from their fourth studio album, '' Strangeland''.
The band played the song for first time during the
The music video was premiered on 30 May 2012. It was filmed in
Perfect Symmetry World Tour
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on 17 September 2009 in Thunder Bay Ontario.
The band announced on their official website: "With Strangeland sitting atop the UK album chart for a second week, we're pleased to report that the next single to be taken from the album will be Sovereign Light Café, which is released on 16th July".
The song is written with inspiration drawn from the town of Bexhill-on-Sea
Bexhill-on-Sea (often shortened to Bexhill) is a seaside town and civil parish situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England. An ancient town and part of the local government district of Rother, Bexhill is home to a number of arc ...
in East Sussex
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, where the café is located in real life, and also the town of Battle
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, where many of the roads mentioned are close to where the members of Keane grew up.
Music video
The music video was premiered on 30 May 2012. It was filmed in Bexhill-on-Sea
Bexhill-on-Sea (often shortened to Bexhill) is a seaside town and civil parish situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England. An ancient town and part of the local government district of Rother, Bexhill is home to a number of arc ...
and directed by Lindy Heymann
Lindy Heymann is a British director and assistant director, known for ''Showboy'' (2002), ''The Laughing King'' (2016) and ''Kicks'' (2009).
Career
She received a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) for Best Directorial Debut for her feature ...
. The video shows band members strolling the town as they are surrounded by various dancers, acrobats, bicyclists and Heathfield Silver Band. The band members and all the performers meet outside the Sovereign Light Café Coffee Shop at the end of the video and it ends with a group photo.
Track listing
*;Digital download #"Sovereign Light Café" – 3:38 #"Difficult Child" – 3:44 *;Digital download — remix #"Sovereign Light Café" (Afrojack
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Remix) – 6:16
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sovereign Light Cafe Keane (band) songs 2012 singles Songs written by Tim Rice-Oxley Songs written by Tom Chaplin Songs written by Richard Hughes (musician) Songs written by Jesse Quin 2012 songs Music videos directed by Lindy Heymann Island Records singles