Artist: Snow Patrol: mp3 download Genre(s): Indie Alternative Pop: Pop-Rock Rock Discography: Eyes Open Year: 2006 Tracks: 11 Final Straw Year: 2003 Tracks: 12 When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up Year: 2001 Tracks: 14 Songs for Polar Bears Year: 1998 Tracks: 14 Featuring a dynamic fusion of diverse alternative stylistic touchstones, Snow Patrol's compositions combine songwriting aptitude with guitar rock's sharpest strains. Originally from Northern Ireland, Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar) and Mark McClelland (bass voice, keyboards) first got unitedly in Dundee, Scotland, where they were perusing, prior to the addition of Jonny Quinn (drums), wHO completed the lineup. Signed to the U.K.'s Jeepster mark in 1998, they released their debut record album, Songs for Polar Bears, in August of that same twelvemonth. The record was a big success across the U.K., where they as well gained a heavy fan base for their live usher. The British trio graduated before long after, and decided to act from Dundee to Glasgow in late 2000. Their second full-length, When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up, was released in April 2001. Quickly thereafter, guitarist Nathan Connolly was added to the radical, and Snow Patrol bring themselves a apportion with Polydor. Producer Chris Lord-Alge sign on for the release of Net Straw, which appeared stateside in April 2004. With the success of singles such as "Hot chocolate," "Track down," and "Expectoration Games," Final Straw sold 2 billion copies in their native U.K. It likewise became the twenty-sixth to the highest degree popular British album of that class. In March 2005, foundation member Mark McClelland left wing the banding to follow other avenues, going Snow Patrol a triad with Lightbody, Quinn, and Connolly. Shortly thereafter, other Terra Diablo freshwater bass player Paul Wilson and touring keyboardist Tom Simpson were permanantly added to the band. An opening time slot on U2's Vertigo Tour of Europe followed in summer 2005. Snow Patrol's fourth album, the epical Eyes Open arrived in May 2006. That fall, with a successful endure through North America under their belted ammunition and the mainstream appeal of "Chasing Cars," Eyes Open was certified atomic issue 79. Snow Patrol similarly became the first base U.K. rock'n'roll act in 13 age to break the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot century Singles Chart. |