Snow Patrol made it to the top the old-fashioned way: through years of slogging and frying. When the success finally came, the band had grown into a tight-knit machine. That may explain the relative ease with which the Scots managed to perpetuate the success of their breakthrough album Final Straw (2004). Creative impasses, mutual friction, addictions and other excesses: none of this can be seen
… with Gary Lightbody and his buddies. Snow Patrol just does what the fans want: to deliver a great album over and over again with melodic, epic pop rock, with a tasteful alternative edge. It is expected that the group will appeal to an even wider audience with A Hundred Millions Suns, the follow-up to Eyes Open from 2006. The songs are more catchy than ever and the entire album has a positive and optimistic tone. Snow Patrol may not be the most exciting band in the current crop of indie rockers, but it is one of the most reliable. (MS)more
