{"id":2504544,"date":"2026-07-16T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2504544"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:14:00","slug":"listen-to-keos-soaring-new-single-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/listen-to-keos-soaring-new-single-pistol\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Keo&#8217;s soaring new single &#8216;Pistol&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Keo have shared a new single, \u2018Pistol\u2019 \u2013 you can listen to it below.<\/p>\n<p>The song will appear on the London-based band\u2019s debut studio album, \u2018Put A Smile On For Me\u2019, which is released on September 25 via Island. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/keo.lnk.to\/PutaSmileonForMe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following on from previous track, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bN0f_xIJky0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018That\u2019s Me\u2019<\/a>, Keo\u2019s latest offering begins with a delicate acoustic guitar intro before quickly opening up into a widescreen, soaring anthem.<\/p>\n<p>The emotional cut delves into \u201cthe strange persistence of memory; how people, relationships and experiences continue shaping us long after they\u2019ve disappeared\u201d, per a press release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keo - Pistol (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TQUI2s8cjQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Speaking about the single, frontman Finn Keogh explained: \u201cI had the imagery of dead stars stuck in my head when writing \u2018Pistol\u2019. The idea of something having died years ago but only now seeing its light. I think that imagery can be just as real with people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He sings: \u201c<em>Sometimes you see the light, but it\u2019s been gone for years\/ And I\u2019ll never forgive myself for that\/ No, I never meant to paint you black<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Pistol\u2019 title itself was taken from a lyric that never made the final version of the song, which Keogh couldn\u2019t let go of. It is noted that drummer Oli Spackman\u2019s opening fill \u2013 an instinctive moment in the studio \u2013 sounds like a pistol firing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DY4NMJdjMi3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2018Put A Smile On For Me\u2019 was written and recorded across 10 days. According to Keogh, the material emerged from what he called \u201ca convergence of personal chaos; an unflinching examination of shame, accountability, memory and the uncomfortable process of recognising parts of yourself you\u2019d rather avoid\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The frontman self-produced the record alongside guitarist Jimmy Lanwern, with the project taking inspiration from the likes of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-smashing-pumpkins\">Smashing Pumpkins<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/soundgarden\">Soundgarden<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/radiohead\">Radiohead<\/a>. However, it is said that the LP is \u201ccarving out a voice entirely its own\u201d over 11 songs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The tracklist for Keo\u2019s \u2018Put A Smile On For Me\u2019 is:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong>\u2018Be Happy\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018That\u2019s Me\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Fly\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Best I Can Do\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Bird On The Wire\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Pistol\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Loser\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Black Dress\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Blue Song\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Thorn\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Keo\u2019s UK headline tour dates for 2026 are:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER<\/strong><br \/><strong>24 \u2013 O2 Guildhall, Southampton<\/strong><br \/><strong>25 \u2013 Tramshed, Cardiff\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>27 \u2013 O2 Academy, Glasgow\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>29 \u2013 O2 Academy, Liverpool<\/strong><br \/><strong>30 \u2013 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keo have shared a new single, \u2018Pistol\u2019 \u2013 you can listen to it below. The song will appear on the London-based band\u2019s debut studio album, \u2018Put A Smile On For Me\u2019, which is released on September 25 via Island. Pre-order\/pre-save here. Following on from previous track, \u2018That\u2019s Me\u2019, Keo\u2019s latest offering begins with a delicate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2504547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[21935,21939],"class_list":["post-2504544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-indie","tag-rock"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Listen-to-Keos-soaring-new-single-Pistol.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504548,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504544\/revisions\/2504548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2504547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}