Snow Patrol - Songs For Polarbears
NME.COM feature on Snow Patrol - Songs For Polarbears album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.
Album Review
Release date: 07 September 2009
Songs For Polarbears
Wow, do snow patrol hate Americans ...
WOW, DO SNOW PATROL HATE AMERICANS. HALFWAY through this record, buried under a feedback avalanche at the start of 'Little Hide', they've included an answerphone message from bassist Mark McClelland to the abode of singer Gary Lightbody and drummer Jonny Quinn, dropping the bombshell that they must change their name from Polar Bear or face death by big writ from the American band...
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- Downhill From Here
- Starfighter Pilot
- The Last Shot Ringing In My Ears
- Absolute Gravity
- Get Balsamic Vinegar...Quick You Fool
- Mahogany
- NYC
- Little Hide
- Make Up
- Velocity Girl
- Days Without Paracetamol
- Fifteen Minutes Old
- Favourite Friend
- One Hundred Things You Should Have Done In Bed
- Sticky Teenage Twin
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| Date / Time | Artist | Venue | Town/City | Seetickets | Viagogo |
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| Jul 14, 2012 12:00 | Snow Patrol | Bilbao | Spain |
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| Jul 15, 2012 12:00 | Snow Patrol | Passeio Maritimo De Alges | Lisbon |
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| Aug 18, 2012 12:00 | Snow Patrol | Weston Park | Weston-under-lizard |
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| Aug 19, 2012 12:00 | Snow Patrol | Hylands Park | Chelmsford |
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Snow Patrol - Songs For Polarbears: Wikipedia Album Entry
Songs for Polarbears is the debut album by the indie rock group Snow Patrol, released on August 31, 1998. All lyrics were written by Gary Lightbody, and all music composed by Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn. The album title is a reference to the band's original name, "Polar Bear", which was changed early on to "Snow Patrol", due to an American band also named Polar Bear, who took exception. Part of a recorded voice message about this can be heard at the beginning of the song, "Little Hide".
The album failed to chart and did not sell well upon its initial release. But following the success of Final Straw, it eventually went Gold in the UK.
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