They're like Sigur Rós, only boring. Oh, wait.
They're like Coldplay, minus Chris Martin's fascinating personality. Um. They're a rock band for those who think the iPod's volume control might be a little bit too loud. They're a Wet Wet Wet for the Facebook generation. They're like U2 without the visuals. They're like a light drizzle on a vaguely dirty bus shelter when there's no one around.
But wait. Amazon UK's "editorial" "review" holds that Snow Patrol's 2004 album Final Straw was "a darker, nastier and altogether bleaker beast than anything they've produced before". Bangs wept! If that was a darker, nastier and - what was that word again - bleaker record then any they'd produced before then Snow Patrol's first two albums must surely have created new definitions for the word 'anaemic'. And hold up, because amazon's clearly impartial "editorial" "critic" hasn't finished yet... "Intelligent, interesting, honest, diverse and ever so slightly screwed up - what more could you want from a rock'n'roll record?"
Um, don't get me started. Please don't get me started.
You've picked on one of my pet hates there.. salut
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I always had a sneaking suspicion that Snow Patrol and the Fray were the same band...
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ReplyDeleteBrett Wells at 10:18pm June 24
One of my pet hates..salut
Paul Pascoe at 10:30pm June 24
"Bangs wept"! I'm going to drop that into a pub conversation and pass it off as my own...
Everett True at 10:42pm June 24
Thank you. I was waiting for someone to pick up on that!
Karren Ablaze at 11:09pm June 24
You're good, Ev, but I (still) like a lot of Final Straw, esp Wow, Gleaming Auction, Whatever's Left, Spitting Games, and We Can Run Away Now They're All Dead And Gone. Maybe you've only listened to Run, and had its weak points compounded in your mind by that terrifying cover.
Adam Kyle Spellicy at 11:50pm June 24
You are aptly surnamed, Everett.
Julian Brown at 12:00am June 25
Well atleast The Reindeer Section was good..
Neil Davenport at 5:11am June 25
I agree - good album
They’re like Coldplay, minus Chris Martin’s fascinating personality. Um. They’re a rock band for those who think the iPod’s volume control might be a little bit too loud. They’re a Wet Wet Wet for the Facebook generation. They’re like U2 without the visuals.
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