Snow Patrol - Eyes Open

[jayx8318x]

I absolutely love this album. It's seriously wearing out my iPod.
Snow Patrol can be considered alternative rock, but with this latest album of theirs, it's hard to classify actually. I listened to their previous album after this one (Songs for Polar Bears), and wasn't nearly as impressed. But the first thought I had when I heard them was Coldplay. And definitely, if you like Coldplay you'll like Snow Patrol. So alternative rock with a bit of pop?

The lyrics are gorgeous:
The final word in the final sentence you ever uttered to me was love
And I don't know where to look
My words just break and melt
Please just save me from this darkness
(Make This Last Forever)

And the music/orchestration are of epic proportions - have this very large theatrical feel to them. The song that's getting much airplay right now is Chasing Cars, which I can listen to 10 times a day (you can hear it on their official website). I love how the verses are simply 3-4 words per line, perfectly delivered with just the right amount of emotions without sounding too monotone.

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

Other favorite songs:
Track 6 - You Could Be Happy - I like the use of the musical box, it has a very childlike quality to it. The lyrics remind of someone suffering from puppy love.

Track 7 - Make This Go On Forever - A song about a couple obviously going through a bad breakup, I love the build-up in the chorus.

Track 8 - Set The Fire To The Third Bar - I keep on forgetting to find the lyrics to this song, it's hard to make out what it's about. The unique thing about it is it's a duet. But instead of the usual, guy sings, girl sings, they sing together...etc...they sing the entire song together almost as one voice.

Track 11 - Finish Line - The token ballad for the album. The music is not really there. It's more ambient noise, but yet it still manages to have a melody that's quite haunting.

And of course Track 3 - Chasing Cars - as mentioned above.

Anyways, I'm not very good at doing "pro" reviews :oops:
I just wanted to get the first one up as an example, and this is an album I'm quite supportive of...

[ShuiMei]

Ooh, I love 'Chasing Cars' XD I heard it on Grey's Anatomy's season finale and fell in love, I'll definitely consider giving this album a listen :o You really can listen to 'Chasing Cars' like nonstop and it's just as good as the first time you heard it.

[jaychou_21]

The album didn't turn out to be as good as I expected but I think it's a good album overall. Chasing Cars is definitely the best track from Eyes Open. The rest are also good songs. But I never liked the first single, You're All I Have though. :worry:

[shez]

i personally really really adore snowpatrols music but i have to say that in this album i preferred certain songs to others and there were some songs that i just couldn't make myself listen to again...

their previous album was better in my opinion but this one isn't a complete failure either :D

kudos to them

nice review :D i really like chasing cars too

[lemonchicken]

i do agree Snow Patrol's new album is exceedingly good. they are a different type of sound from most other bands out there. they are seperating from the "popular rock" and making music which they themselves enjoy playing.

they have come a long way these past few years. i had got their autographs a few years back before their debut album. i just knew they were going to become huge.

lost that album though...

[JianDan[Ai]]

I've only recently started to listen to this album, but I am addicted to it. Personally my favorite tracks right now are 3, 4 and 5. Yea..im speechless about how good this album is and how I had not heard of it earlier =/

[princessKitty]

The first time I heard this album, I loved it and was listening to it again and again. It's not so much hardcore but soft pop/rock that can make you jump up and down, especially to tracks 1, 2, 5, 9. My absolute favourite is Track 10 - Open Your Eyes. I love the build up and how every other instruments and sound elements come in. Track 5 - Beginning To Get To Me is a bit like that too with the intro where the volume gradually builds up.

Overall, a very good album, definately worth listening to if you are into pop rock.

[yunnie]

It was a fabulous record and i love it. I give 4 thumbs up! I recommend tracks like you could be happy, chasing cars (re-sang by singapore idol contestant Jonathan Leong). The lyrics was well written for most of the songs. This album is really worth to be in your cd collection.

[countess]

I really love

Set the fire to the third bar: That song is just haunting. So beautiful and melancholy. Martha Wainwrights voice is perfect for this song. The lyrics are amazing too.

You could be happy- very fairytale like in the beginning, cute and pretty. I guess its symbolic of how the relationship was before it went downhill.

Make this go on forever, Chasing Cars, Its beginning to get to me.

[shez]

when i first heard this i instantly fell in love with the song 'chasing cars'. to this day that song is still my favourite in this album.