Tom Chaplin - The Wave (CD)

2016 release, the debut solo album from the former Keane frontman. Chaplin has called the process of recording a solo album a daunting prospect for someone who knows nothing else. Following the band's split, Chaplin began using drugs due to anxiety over the album and thought [he] was going to die in early 2015: When I finally liberated myself from years of spiraling addiction, a place of inspiration and creativity became available to me. I set about writing an album that documents my transition from the darkest recesses of human experience to a place of resolution, fulfillment and happiness. At long last I am comfortable in my own skin and have achieved that elusive dream of writing a set of songs I can truly call my own.