Released EP Retroactive EP1

On 17 May 2019, Keane released an EP titled Retroactive EP1 featuring “our favourite archived live performances, older demos and random treasures”. On 6 June 2019, the band released the first new single from Cause and Effect , titled “The Way I Feel”. On 16 June 2019, Keane performed a set at the Isle of Wight Festival, being the closing act of the event. On 8 August 2019, the second single, “Love Too Much”, was released for streaming and debuted on The Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, writing “Not a game-changing comeback by any means, Cause and Effect is instead a satisfying return to form that manages to gracefully age Keane by invigorating a familiar formula with wisdom and honesty learned over a dramatic, life-changing decade.” On 9 April 2021, Keane announced on their social media platforms they would be participating in Record Store Day 2021 Drop 2 on 17 July, with the special early release of their Dirt EP on 12″ vinyl, featuring four previously unreleased tracks from the Cause and Effect sessions. On 17 July, the video for the EP’s title track was released onto YouTube and Apple Music , coinciding with the limited early release of the 12″ vinyl of the EP for Record Store Day . This came with the announcement that the full release of the EP would take place on 13 August 2021. The band played a handful of shows that same year, including an appearance at that year’s TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow.