Umculi waseBrithani futhi umbhali wezingoma uTom Chaplin, umholi weqembu elidumile iKeane, usanda kumemezela ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ezophatha igama elithi 'The Wave'. Ngesikhathi enengxoxo nomsakazo waseBrithani ngoLwesithathu (10), uTom Chaplin uveze imininingwane yokuthi kuzoba yiphi i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala futhi waphinde wamemezela ukukhishwa kowokuqala kwi-albhamu ethi: 'Hardened Heart'.
Kucatshangwe elinye lamaphimbo abesilisa abahamba phambili kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, UChaplin nabalingani bakhe beqembu bathatha isinqumo sokubamba uKeane phakathi no-2013.. Kusukela lapho umculi waseBrithani uzinikele kuphrojekthi yakhe eyedwa, kepha ngaphambi kwalokho kuye kwadingeka anqobe izithiyo eziningi ukuze ayifeze.
Umculi uvumile kwinhlolokhono yomsakazo: «Ngo-2013 ngatshela engangisebenza nabo ukuthi ngangifisa ukukhipha iva ukuze ngisebenze kwi-albhamu eyedwa, futhi ngabona ukuthi lesi isikhathi esifanele (…). Ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ngiqamba, ngeshwa inkinga yami yokuluthwa yizidakamizwa iphinde yavela ngokukhathazeka ngokuqedela le projekthi eyedwa. Unyaka wezi-2014 wawungumnyaka owesabekayo kimi, yize indodakazi yami yazalwa. Ngemuva kokudlula kuyo yonke leyo odyssey, kwafika usuku lapho ngazitshela khona ukuthi kufanele ngiguqule indlela yami yokucabanga, ngaphandle kwalokho lokhu kwakuzongiphetha futhi kwakwenza ngendlela eyisimangaliso. Ziningi izinto ezinhle ezenzekile ezenzekile empilweni yami kusukela lapho ».
UChaplin uchaze le albhamu entsha, 'The Wave', njenge "Ushintsho olusuka emagumbini amnyama kakhulu wesipiliyoni somuntu luye endaweni yokulungiswa, ukwaneliseka nenjabulo".
Kuqoshwe kwizitudiyo eLos Angeles naseLondon, i-'The Wave 'iqanjwe ngokuphelele yiChaplin ngokusebenzisana kukaMathewu "Math" IHales, eyaziwa kangcono njenge-Aqualung, ekukhiqizeni. 'I-Wave' yakhiwa izingoma eziyishumi nanye ezingakhishiwe (amathrekhi amabhonasi amahlanu afakwe enguqulweni ye-Deluxe) futhi Izokhishwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-Okthoba 14.