With a lifetime of experiences accumulated over the last 2 years, including touring with U2, playing at Live8 and becoming one of the biggest bands in the country "Eyes Open" is a song writing tour de force, and takes the band to a whole new level. There is not a bad song on this CD, and several that are wonderful.
Following the 4 x platinum success of their breakthrough record `Final Straw', the band have made a phenomenal leap forward in every sense with their new album. Eyes Open by Snow Patrol is one of those very rare albums (like the first album by BOSTON, or the Gin Blossoms, etc.) that from the first few notes you know you have a musical collection that will get stuck in your CD player for weeks and weeks. Snow Patrol release their eagerly awaited 4th studio album `Eyes Open' on May 1st. If there was ever perfect music to get lost to while driving around confused about a relationship, this is it. Eyes Open is their most straightforwardly rock record yet, and thanks in large part to producer Garret Lee, it's their best. It became the best selling British album of the year and gained the platinum status in the UK and the US, backed up by the extremely popular single Chasing Cars. If you went to see this mixed Scottish/Irish group on tour after hearing their wistful, breakout third album Final Straw, you might have been a bit confused by the rock juggernaut confronting you. Snow Patrol finished recording the new album, Eyes Open, by the end of 2005 and released it in spring 2006. Kelowna news, Penticton news, Vernon news, West Kelowna news, Westside news, Kelowna real estate, classifieds, forums, photo gallery, Kelowna weather. Singer/lyricist Gary Lightbody gives a shout-out to Sufjan Stevens when on the punchy "Open Your Eyes" he sings, "The anger swells in my guts." Perhaps a better comparison would be American indie-rock act Sebadoh? Regardless, this band continues to surprise. Their delightfully dour little pop songs do touch on the melancholic side of things, but the lyrics are wonderfully slice-of-life descriptions. Snow Patrol are frequently compared to Coldplay in the press, which seems strange as they write far better songs and do not appear to be quite so self-hating, nor as rich.
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