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[Snow Patrol - Eyes Open]
*Tracklist*
Disc: 1
1. You're All I Have
2. Hands Open
3. Chasing Cars
4. Shut Your Eyes
5. It's Beginning To Get To Me
6. You Could Be Happy
7. Make This Go On Forever
8. Set The Fire To The Third Bar
9. Headlights On Dark Roads
10. Open Your Eyes
11. The Finish Line
*Editorial
Reviews*
*Amazon.com*
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. Their delightfully dour
little pop songs do
touch on the melancholic side of things, but the
lyrics are wonderfully
slice-of-life descriptions. 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. 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. _Eyes
Open_
is their most straightforwardly rock record yet, and
thanks in large
part to producer Garret Lee, it's their best. If there
was ever perfect
music to get lost to while driving around confused
about a
relationship, this is it. _--Mike McGonigal_
*Product Description*
"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 its
predecessor, 2004's two million selling Final Straw.
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