Keo have announced ‘Put A Smile On For Me,’ their debut album arriving 25th September via Island Records, alongside its explosive opening statement ‘That’s Me,’ out now. Accompanying the single is a dark, surreal video directed by long-time collaborator Hermione Sylvester, tracing a lonely man’s search for connection through a world marked by isolation and longing. With its dreamlike unease and grainy intensity, the video expands the psychological tension at the centre of ‘That’s Me.’
The band will be at Southampton’s O2 Guildhall on October 24th.
Fronted by 22-year-old Finn Keogh, Keo have spent the past year evolving from word-of-mouth obsession into one of the UK’s most vital young guitar bands. Following the breakout success of their debut EP ‘Siren’ (July 2025), feverishly intense live shows, and sold-out headline tours across the UK and Ireland, the band now step into a bigger, darker and more emotionally expansive chapter.
If ‘Siren’ documented the chaos of youth in motion, ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ turns inward: a confession written in real time, still bleeding as it’s being written.
Short, volatile, and adrenaline-fuelled, ‘That’s Me’ sets the tone for the album immediately. Built from serrated guitars, grunge-soaked intensity, and Finn’s ragged vocal, the single burns through guilt and self-recognition before collapsing into a blunt admission of toxic behaviour. It’s Keo at their most direct: emotionally ugly, deeply human, and impossible to look away from.
“The weight of a secret can sometimes be heavier than the result of people knowing it,” Finn explains. “I didn’t want to drag my guilt around any longer; I felt like I could finally let myself off the hook through writing ‘That’s Me.'”
Keo will be taking material from this album on their freshly announced second headline tour of the year this October. Pre-sale starts at 10am BST on 3rd June, and general sale starts 10am BST on 5th June.
Keo | Upcoming Headline Tour Dates
24 Oct – O2 Guildhall, Southampton
25 Oct – Tramshed, Cardiff
27 Oct – O2 Academy Glasgow
29 Oct – O2 Academy Liverpool
31 Oct – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
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