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"There are swaggering bands, bands who are in your face. And then there are bands who get hold of you somewhere else. I think it’s a heart thing, an intimacy thing. Like you know them and they know you. I think we are one of those bands." So says Snow Patrol singer and chief songwriter Gary Lightbody. And all the proof you’ll need is Snow Patrol’s new album "Eyes Open”, a collection of songs which more than makes good on the promise of it’s predecessor, 2004’s two million selling Final Straw. Recorded during a hectic 2005, "Eyes Open” is the work of a band who have scaled the heights supporting U2 through Europe, appearing at Live 8 in both Hyde Park and Scotland but somehow stuck to their core values: beautiful powerful songs underscored by some of the most poignant and telling lyrics in rock. And so in February 2005, Snow Patrol convened in Dingle on the west coast of Ireland. Drummer Jonny Quinn knew the area well and convinced the band the remote cottage once used by Kate Bush would best channel the Snow Patrol spirit. Lightbody and drummer Jonny Quinn are from Belfast and it's environs but the band began when Gary met former bass Mark McClelland (who parted company with the band in 2005) met at Dundee University in 1994. In 1997 they released an EP as Polar Bear on Electric Honey records in Glasgow. They were then picked up by Jeepster records, changed their name to Snow Patrol and released two albums – 1998’s "Songs For Polar Bears" and 2001’s "When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up". In 2003 they signed to Polydor/Fiction Records and began work on “Final Straw” with Garret "Jacknife" Lee, honing their distinctive and evocative sound. "Eyes Open” is Snow Patrol's post card from the cliff edge, and it’s message is one that has connected. On release at the start of May 2006, the album went straight to the top of the album charts in the UK and Ireland, giving the band their first number one record, while the first singles from it ‘You’re All I Have’ (in the UK) and ‘Hands Open’ (in the USA) have given the band massive airplay hits on both sides of the Atlantic. Official Website: www.snowpatrol.com
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