Tag Archives: gary lightbody
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ALBUM REVIEW: Snow Patrol impresses with gorgeously visceral ‘Wildness’
Snow Patrol, “Wildness.” Snow Patrol rose to prominence in a time of adjustment, post-Britpop, alongside the likes Radiohead and Coldplay. Propelled by 2003’s “Chocolate” and “Run,” and 2006’s massive hit “Chasing Cars,” frontman Gary Lightbody and co. helped set the formula that combined earnest, poetic lyricism with grandiose, arena-swelling…
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INTERVIEW: Snow Patrol battles to smash image as balladeers
Snow Patrol, Courtesy. Snow Patrol is still best known in the U.S. for “Chasing Cars,” which played over a tearjerker moment on “Grey’s Anatomy” a half-decade ago. That’s why the Irish-Scottish band made a purposeful attempt to prove Gary Lightbody and co. can create more than the masterful ballad…