Mawaƙin Birtaniya kuma marubuci Tom Chaplin, shugaban fitacciyar ƙungiyar Keane, ya bayyana fitar da albam ɗinsa na farko na solo, wanda zai ɗauki sunan 'The Wave'.. Yayin wata hira da gidan rediyon Burtaniya a ranar Laraba (10), Tom Chaplin ya bayyana cikakkun bayanai game da abin da zai zama kundi na farko na solo sannan kuma ya sanar da sakin wakar ta farko daga kundin: 'Hardened Heart'.
Ana ɗaukar ɗayan mafi kyawun muryoyin maza na shekaru goma da suka gabata, Chaplin da abokan aikinsa sun yanke shawarar sanya Keane a ci gaba da kasancewa a tsakiyar 2013.. Tun daga wannan lokacin mawakin na Burtaniya ya dukufa wajen gudanar da ayyukansa na solo, amma kafin nan ya sha fama da cikas da dama don samun damar cimma shi.
Mawakin ya amsa a cikin hirar da aka yi da gidan rediyon: "A cikin 2013 na gaya wa abokan aiki na cewa na damu don samun ƙaya daga aiki a kan kundi na solo, kuma na ji cewa wannan shine lokacin da ya dace (...). Bayan watanni shida na hadawa, abin takaici matsalar jarabar muggan ƙwayoyi ta sake bayyana tare da fargabar kammala wannan aikin solo. 2014 ta kasance shekara mai muni a gare ni, duk da haihuwar 'yata. Bayan na yi wannan duka, sai ranar ta zo da na ce wa kaina in canza tunanina, in ba haka ba wannan zai kawo karshen ni kuma ta hanyar mu'ujiza ta faru. Abubuwa masu kyau da yawa sun faru a rayuwata tun lokacin ».
Chaplin ya bayyana wannan sabon kundi, 'The Wave', a matsayin "Ci gaba daga kusurwoyi mafi duhu na kwarewar ɗan adam zuwa wurin ƙuduri, cikawa da farin ciki".
An yi rikodin a cikin ɗakunan studio a Los Angeles da London, 'The Wave' gaba ɗaya Chaplin ne ya haɗa shi tare da haɗin gwiwar Matthew "Matta" Hales, wanda aka fi sani da Aqualung, wajen samarwa. 'The Wave' ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi goma sha ɗaya waɗanda ba a fitar da su ba (waƙoƙi guda biyar da aka haɗa a cikin sigar macijin) da Za a fitar da shi a hukumance ranar 14 ga Oktoba.