Strangers tells the story of Tom Chaplin Tim RiceOxley and Richard Hughes who formed Keane in 97 at school in Sussex did their first gig in 98 signed a record deal in 2003 released their debut album Hopes Fears in 2004 and went on to conquer the world with a voice a piano and a set of drums The film charts Keanes musical progression from a fourpiece guitar band to the threepiece pianobased group that theyve become today and shows how they went on from playing tiny gigs on the UK pub circuit to winning 2 Brits awards and selling nearly 5 million albums around the world