Musical Over Dose is proud to present Since January 2002 another new release, have fun .: about release :. Name .:. Snow Patrol - The Forest Is the Path Genre : Rock Source : CDDA Type .:. Album Artist : Snow Patrol Label : Polydor Titel : The Forest Is the Path Tracks : 12 Playtime : 50:51 Size : 91,35 MB Encoder : VBRNEW - LAME3.100 - V0 Quality : VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo Bitrate : avg. 251kbps [ Tracklist ] 01.All 04:19 02.The Beginning 03:31 03.EverythingÆs Here And NothingÆs Lost 04:07 04.Your Heart Home 03:40 05.This Is The Sound Of Your Voice 04:31 06.Hold Me In The Fire 04:00 07.Years That Fall 03:52 08.Never Really Tire 05:54 09.These Lies 04:48 10.What If Nothing Breaks? 03:42 11.Talking About Hope 03:56 12.The Forest Is The Path 04:31 Total 50:51 Min A lot has happened in Snow PatrolÆs world in the six years since their last album, Wildness. There was the small matter of a pandemic, of course; Gary Lightbody, the bandÆs frontman, was awarded the freedom of his hometown; Nathan Connolly released a solo album; and Johnny McDaid reinforced his reputation as a pop gun for hire by writing more megahits with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Alicia Keys. Oh, and they lost two of their founding members: in 2021 Snow Patrol became a trio after their original drummer, Jonny Quinn, and bassist, Paul Wilson, quit for reasons that remain unknown. Perhaps that shift has been the primary reason for Snow PatrolÆs newfound sense of reflection. Their eighth studio album was largely informed, according to Lightbody, by gaining clarity on past relationships. By his own admission, the frontman has ôdone a lot of workö on himself (presumably in the form of therapy), and his songwriting benefits from the truthfulness unearthed via his romantic self-sabotage, although it makes for an odd intersection between ôbreak-up albumö and ôself- aware confessionalö. On The Beginning he addresses an old flame, crooning, ôIÆm sorry unequivocally/ I just donÆt know how to love.ö On Hold Me in the Fire he sings how ôthe love you learn to fight, it keeps you numbö. On the standout track These Lies he admits that ôall IÆve got are lies for you, even nowö. ItÆs heavy going at times, although there is a sense of redemption in later tracks, such as Talking About Hope and What if Nothing Breaks? Musically, this is certainly one of the most interesting albums that the band has made in years. LightbodyÆs willingness to lay himself bare makes songs such as Never Really Tire, weighted down by an ominous piano riff, terrifyingly tender. The cracks in his falsetto on These Lies are probably something the band would have papered over on earlier albums, when they were arguably more concerned with peddling the kind of songs that made them stadium-fillers and festival headliners. There are a few of those glossy, anthemic moments here, too, of course, from the pristine All to the easy-going, toe-tappy indie MOR of Your Heart Home. Aided and abetted by producer Fraser T Smith, who helped the trio see the wood û or the forest û for the trees after their initial attempts at self- producing the album, there is a clear progression from self-flagellation to the more hopeful numbers. The title track, meanwhile, ends on an uplifting refrain that you can expect to hear at many a festival next summer. The lyrical sincerity occasionally topples into maudlin territory, but much of this album suggests that Snow Patrol are now willing to venture down the path less travelled, too. https://snowpatrol.com/