Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
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Artist: Snow PatrolEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-05-09
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
- You're All I Have
- Hands Open
- Chasing Cars
- Shut Your Eyes
- It's Beginning To Get To Me
- You Could Be Happy
- Make This Go On Forever
- Set The Fire To The Third Bar
- Headlights On Dark Roads
- Open Your Eyes
- The Finish Line
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Hit: 3 Stars
The latest in bands from the other side of the Atlantic to mine introspection and melancholy into gold, Snow Patrol go for the jugular on their fourth album. The sound is epic and emotional, from the playful name-checking of Sufjan Stevens on "Hands Open" to the gentle lullaby of "You Could Be Happy," Snow Patrol announce that they are more than eager to shoot for the big leagues. While they seem like a slightly less dour Coldplay or a more melodic Travis, lead singer Gary Lightbody has now proven he can be a capable frontman and stand apart from the pack.
That is evident from the compelling first single, "Chasing Cars." Echoing atmospherics easily capture a listener's attention and the hook is killer. It's the best thing on "Eyes Open." What holds the band back is the over-reliance on ballads. Granted, heartbreak has been Snow Patrol's stock in trade since their debut, but a few more kickers like "Headlights On A Dark Road" would have made this a more intriguing album. The ballad heavy second half can almost be forgiven by Martha Wainwright, who contributes a haunting duet with "Set Fire To the Third Bar."
Overall, a strong modern rock album by a band that has a strong identity if not an entirely separate sound. Having a title song that all but screams U2 doesn't make your band sounds any less derivative than all the other sub-Coldplays out there. Lightbody and company need to find something that offsets Snow Patrol from the glut of "Grey's Anatomy"/TV Show mood-setter bands to really race across - as they put it on the final song on "Eyes Open," across "The Finish Line."
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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"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.
Values: beautiful powerful songs underscored by some of the most poignant and telling lyrics in rock. Eyes Open is Snow Patrol's post card from the cliff edge. It's going to be hard to ignore these songs in 2006.
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