Snow Patrol, “The Forest is the Path.” U.K. band Snow Patrol allowed the seasons to change on its eighth album, The Forest is the Path, its first in six years. While it’s another work full of lush and expressive forlorn anthems, the band is a trio now, following the…

My Bloody Valentine, courtesy. Welcome to what’s apparently the third annual St. Patrick’s Day list of Irish bands in which I specifically and intentionally don’t include U2! For those just joining us, our illustrious editor Roman Gokhman is a U2 fan in the same sense that Stan was an…

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…

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…