Keane frontman Tom Chaplin has revealed the tragic circumstances that led to the band reforming.

The indie-rockers got back together this year following a six-year hiatus in which band members faced battles with drugs and romance.

Songwriter and pianist Tim Rice-Oxley wrote their new album, released last month, as his marriage fell apart.

Singer Tom Chaplin, who himself overcame drug addiction, said: “Simultaneously we were going through these very dark times and the record is very much about Tim’s marriage breaking down and all the implications of that.

“It’s a grown-up heartbreak album.

“When you have got kids and a family home and all that stuff it’s not like a heartbreak album from when you are 21.

“There are different things on the line.

“He wrote very honestly about that and it’s all there in the record.

“Tim had been writing all through this dark time in his life. He had all of the songs written by the time it came to us getting back together so the album was more a case of us getting in a room and making them sound great.”

Tom spoke during an appearance on ITV’s Good Morning Britain yesterday.

In the same interview he said he was thankful for his own battle with addiction.

Tom said: “I feel great. Life is very good.

“I think a lot of people who have gone through addiction are quite thankful for having had it in their lives, if they have managed to get well, because I think it really changes your perspective and forces you to learn about yourself and how you are.”

“I don’t think I ever would have done that if it was not for those problems, so I’m kind of glad – it has made me a richer person.”

He appeared alongside the band’s drummer Richard Hughes and discussed the band, who are from Battle, reforming this year following their break-up in 2013 as well as their latest album Cause And Effect.

Richard revealed more about how the band are behind the scenes, saying being a rock star is not all glitz and glamour.

He said: “(When we got back together) we all went for a nice pub lunch near my house.

“So much time had passed and so we spent the first couple of hours just catching up before we even talked about the band.

“We have a WhatsApp group and half of the time it’s one of us saying ‘my son is doing this, what do I do?’.

“It’s us asking for parenting help rather than what pub are we going to go to or what party are we going to go to.”