Snow Patrol Issue Eighth Album
“The Forest Is The Path” is Snow Patrol’s eighth album but first in six years. The lead single was “The Beginning.” The song “was written on the very first day,” the band wrote on Instagram. “That’s why it’s called the beginning in fact. Even though there are probably better words and phrases (that actually appear in the song) to be used as titles, ‘The Beginning’ stuck.”
Snow Patrol formed in ’94 but subsequent personnel changes lead to Gary Lightbody (vocals/guitar) being the sole remaining original member. He is joined by guitarist Nathan Connolly and keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Johnny McDaid.
“This album took us on many uncharted routes, with sometimes weird and sometimes wonderful turns, and so it’s hard not to think of the start of this album as a new beginning,” continued the band.
After briefly using the name Polarbear, the band became Snow Patrol in ’97. They issued two commercially unsuccessful albums before landing on Polydor Records in ’02.
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