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Snow Patrol - Up to Now

Review by David Renshaw

As Gary Lightbody sits in his ‘Chasing Cars’ mansion with his ‘Run’ model girlfriend, he must thank his Grey’s Anatomy lucky stars and there isn’t a single person reading this that wouldn’t have done the exact same thing given the chance and the circumstances. »

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snow patrol release 'up to now', a collection of the band's best loved songs, as well as 3 new tracks including forthcoming single 'just say yes.' over fifteen years and five studio albums, the part scottish, part irish five piece have sketched heart-bruised ballads ('set down your glass') and arm-around-your-best-mate festival anthems ('run'); radio hits ('chasing cars') and moments of painful introspection ('you could be happy'). all of these have been gathered together for 'up to now' - a thirty track, double album of singles, cover versions, rarities, album tracks and a handful of new songs as well as compositions by the reindeer section - an indie supergroup featuring members of scotland's guitar elite - belle and sebastian, idlewild and teenage fanclub among many others - and co-ordinated by snow patrol frontman gary lightbody.
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