September 27, 2024 • 6 mins
Their first album release in six years, ‘The Forest is the Path’ is Snow Patrol’s eighth studio album, coming after 2018’s ‘Wilderness’.
While promoting the album on X, vocalist Gary Lightbody described the work as a “new beginning”.
“We honour the past, deeply. But while we honour the past we also want to cherish the present and look to the future. So this is the beginning of something, and we are so excited to share it with you all.”
Music Reviewer Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the release.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at Me.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Still give Up Now by the Fame, Fame, Fame, Fame,
She loves you, Love, keeps you Alive, to Fight, keeps
Your Love, sings ones.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You Are, You Are.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
This is snow Patrol, that songs called hold Me in
the Fire, that just released an album called The Forest
is the Path and a Stelle Clifford Our Music Review
has been listening more in a more.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
In the two thousands, are having a real research side
nearly two thousand.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Do you know the show is? I'm glad that you've
picked up on that theme because we were talking before
about a show from Adam Brody, which I mean like
turning back the hands of time. I don't know if
you're an OC fan back in the day, but yeah,
snow Patrol just feels like we're all watching season one
of Grays and Animy once again.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
I mean they if they everyone's going to write a
yearning love song and get some emotions out, then I
think Snow Patrol. You know, the great thing about this
album is they haven't deterred from that, and I think
that's great because that's what I kind of have always
liked them for and yeah, I mean, no one can
ever really get that Denny do Ketch scene out of
their minds for the rest of their lives. Once you've
(01:42):
seen that on grays Anatime. That song will Just Chasing
Cars is synonymous with that scene, and I imagine from
them they're like, will this ever end? No? Because it
was an incredibly powerful emotional moment. They've stayed in that
kind of zone too, do you know what I mean? Like,
so I'll get a little bit deep on your heir.
Gary Lightbody the lead singer and predominantly writes all the
(02:05):
lyrics to the music. He said the idea of this
album comes from looking back on love from the distance
of time. So like when you're in the moments, you're
like right there in the moment, and then you know,
ten years down the track after a brow you can
kind of remember those moments and the hurt is only
there once you let.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Your mind remember, right, Yeah, okay, you know, so.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Like the rosy glow about a relationship where you're like, oh,
actually there was also tragedy and amongst all their beauty,
so kind of looking he said he was sort of
reflective on his perhaps mistakes, maybe hurt that he caused,
but from a distance of time where you sort of
have to allow yourself to go back somewhere to be
honest with yourself about whether or not you hurt somebody, right,
(02:46):
And again there's more yearning for love, which he's been
real honest, he hasn't been in a long term relationship
for like a decade or whatever, so I guess from
his perspective he has a lot of reflection to kind
of go back on. They actually ended up working with
the same producer who's worked with Adell Gorillas and Lily
Allen Phraser T Smith. So they'd got to this point
(03:08):
in the album where they'd written these songs. One of
the band mates had challenged, like body to just write
the lyrics right there on the spot and don't change anything,
like just trust your instincts.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Yeah, and like yeah, cool.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
So they had these really awesome writing sessions and making songs,
but then it just couldn't They couldn't get it somewhere else.
Yeah yeah, you know, like I don't know how to
get it from somewhere else. So they get the help
of that producer and then I think, you know, a
solid album has come out of that staying true to
what it is that they're really good on. There's a
few more F bombs throughout this album to really emphasize
(03:39):
their frustration, which thanks to producer Livery, you've managed to
find some nice radio edits. But you know the thing
when you listen to an album and you kind of
just get taken away with someone's emotions and I and
perhaps anger towards some of the stuff, so you kind
of almost don't hear it. So yeah, fortunately I did
before I made you play all those F bomb songs.
But yeah, really, really I like the different approach to writing.
(04:02):
I think it's made the lyrics really vulnerable and still
with this really cool like some of the songs had
that real marching band kind of drum sounds which just
catapults and energy. There's lots of songs I'm like, oh,
I played live, this is gonna be one of those.
Everyone's all the bodies are swaying, everyone's singing along, And
they've stayed with that whole thing they do where they
(04:24):
write kind of a soft intro and it builds into
this massive chorus where you know the lights will go
crazy at the big stage show and you can feel
their energy behind it. So I think they've always done
these sort of quite a motive Demi de Quette kind
of dying songs. But but there's a beauty behind them
in the musicality, I think because they are cliping musicians
(04:46):
and they're good at what they do. So yeah, lots
of ebbs and flows, and I think that if you
are a Snow Patrol fan, you're gonna love pretty much
every song, and there's something sort of different musically in
each of the songs. If you're new to Snow Patrol,
probably not Chasing Cars has been like a massive radio
play for years, so yeah, you'll get more, You'll you'll
be familiar with it, and like that if you're if
(05:07):
you're a band that's been around for a long time,
I want you to still have the body of what
you gave me when you're a huge you know what
I mean, Like we're first out and you're huge.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
I mean, it's interesting, it's interesting to me that they're
I mean, it's being huge. Like I was a bit
surprised they went to number one, not not not having
listened to the album at all, like just kind of regardless,
it sort of felt that you know like it was
a maybe it is the kind of nostalgia thing. I
don't know.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
I think it's a bit of that. I think there's
also a bigger fanship than you realize. Sometimes you need
that easy pop rock like there's nothing to it's not
gonna shake you to the core, and there's nothing to
conflict about it. But when you get into the songs,
they just stick like they've got this real ability for
their melodies to it's easy to join in with what's
(05:49):
going on. And I think sometimes we just want music
to be that easy.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Yeah, yeah, nice to listen.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
To, except if you if bombs so just you know,
if the kids smash that out while you listen to
it in the car, that is.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
What it is.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Very good. Okay, hey, thank you? What'd you give it?
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Pleasure? It's a seven out of ten.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Seven out of ten, solid album, solid album? All right,
very good. Well, we're looking forward to having a bit
more of a listen to a couple of minutes. Thank
you so much. A Stelle, that's sir, Stelle Clifford. She's
our music review of seven out of ten for The
Forest is the Path. That's the new album from Snow Patrol.
So we'll play another one of the songs from the
new album in a couple of minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at Me.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Still give Up Now by the Fame, Fame, Fame, Fame,
She loves you, Love, keeps you Alive, to Fight, keeps
Your Love, sings ones.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You Are, You Are.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
This is snow Patrol, that songs called hold Me in
the Fire, that just released an album called The Forest
is the Path and a Stelle Clifford Our Music Review
has been listening more in a more.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
In the two thousands, are having a real research side
nearly two thousand.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Do you know the show is? I'm glad that you've
picked up on that theme because we were talking before
about a show from Adam Brody, which I mean like
turning back the hands of time. I don't know if
you're an OC fan back in the day, but yeah,
snow Patrol just feels like we're all watching season one
of Grays and Animy once again.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
I mean they if they everyone's going to write a
yearning love song and get some emotions out, then I
think Snow Patrol. You know, the great thing about this
album is they haven't deterred from that, and I think
that's great because that's what I kind of have always
liked them for and yeah, I mean, no one can
ever really get that Denny do Ketch scene out of
their minds for the rest of their lives. Once you've
(01:42):
seen that on grays Anatime. That song will Just Chasing
Cars is synonymous with that scene, and I imagine from
them they're like, will this ever end? No? Because it
was an incredibly powerful emotional moment. They've stayed in that
kind of zone too, do you know what I mean? Like,
so I'll get a little bit deep on your heir.
Gary Lightbody the lead singer and predominantly writes all the
(02:05):
lyrics to the music. He said the idea of this
album comes from looking back on love from the distance
of time. So like when you're in the moments, you're
like right there in the moment, and then you know,
ten years down the track after a brow you can
kind of remember those moments and the hurt is only
there once you let.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Your mind remember, right, Yeah, okay, you know, so.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Like the rosy glow about a relationship where you're like, oh,
actually there was also tragedy and amongst all their beauty,
so kind of looking he said he was sort of
reflective on his perhaps mistakes, maybe hurt that he caused,
but from a distance of time where you sort of
have to allow yourself to go back somewhere to be
honest with yourself about whether or not you hurt somebody, right,
(02:46):
And again there's more yearning for love, which he's been
real honest, he hasn't been in a long term relationship
for like a decade or whatever, so I guess from
his perspective he has a lot of reflection to kind
of go back on. They actually ended up working with
the same producer who's worked with Adell Gorillas and Lily
Allen Phraser T Smith. So they'd got to this point
(03:08):
in the album where they'd written these songs. One of
the band mates had challenged, like body to just write
the lyrics right there on the spot and don't change anything,
like just trust your instincts.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Yeah, and like yeah, cool.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
So they had these really awesome writing sessions and making songs,
but then it just couldn't They couldn't get it somewhere else.
Yeah yeah, you know, like I don't know how to
get it from somewhere else. So they get the help
of that producer and then I think, you know, a
solid album has come out of that staying true to
what it is that they're really good on. There's a
few more F bombs throughout this album to really emphasize
(03:39):
their frustration, which thanks to producer Livery, you've managed to
find some nice radio edits. But you know the thing
when you listen to an album and you kind of
just get taken away with someone's emotions and I and
perhaps anger towards some of the stuff, so you kind
of almost don't hear it. So yeah, fortunately I did
before I made you play all those F bomb songs.
But yeah, really, really I like the different approach to writing.
(04:02):
I think it's made the lyrics really vulnerable and still
with this really cool like some of the songs had
that real marching band kind of drum sounds which just
catapults and energy. There's lots of songs I'm like, oh,
I played live, this is gonna be one of those.
Everyone's all the bodies are swaying, everyone's singing along, And
they've stayed with that whole thing they do where they
(04:24):
write kind of a soft intro and it builds into
this massive chorus where you know the lights will go
crazy at the big stage show and you can feel
their energy behind it. So I think they've always done
these sort of quite a motive Demi de Quette kind
of dying songs. But but there's a beauty behind them
in the musicality, I think because they are cliping musicians
(04:46):
and they're good at what they do. So yeah, lots
of ebbs and flows, and I think that if you
are a Snow Patrol fan, you're gonna love pretty much
every song, and there's something sort of different musically in
each of the songs. If you're new to Snow Patrol,
probably not Chasing Cars has been like a massive radio
play for years, so yeah, you'll get more, You'll you'll
be familiar with it, and like that if you're if
(05:07):
you're a band that's been around for a long time,
I want you to still have the body of what
you gave me when you're a huge you know what
I mean, Like we're first out and you're huge.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
I mean, it's interesting, it's interesting to me that they're
I mean, it's being huge. Like I was a bit
surprised they went to number one, not not not having
listened to the album at all, like just kind of regardless,
it sort of felt that you know like it was
a maybe it is the kind of nostalgia thing. I
don't know.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
I think it's a bit of that. I think there's
also a bigger fanship than you realize. Sometimes you need
that easy pop rock like there's nothing to it's not
gonna shake you to the core, and there's nothing to
conflict about it. But when you get into the songs,
they just stick like they've got this real ability for
their melodies to it's easy to join in with what's
(05:49):
going on. And I think sometimes we just want music
to be that easy.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Yeah, yeah, nice to listen.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
To, except if you if bombs so just you know,
if the kids smash that out while you listen to
it in the car, that is.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
What it is.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Very good. Okay, hey, thank you? What'd you give it?
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Pleasure? It's a seven out of ten.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Seven out of ten, solid album, solid album? All right,
very good. Well, we're looking forward to having a bit
more of a listen to a couple of minutes. Thank
you so much. A Stelle, that's sir, Stelle Clifford. She's
our music review of seven out of ten for The
Forest is the Path. That's the new album from Snow Patrol.
So we'll play another one of the songs from the
new album in a couple of minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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