Without a doubt, over the last 6-8 months, these guys have been No. 1 in my books.

This is another band that sound brilliant live. Their Live performance DVD 'Live at Somerset House' is 70 minutes amazing music.

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Without a doubt, over the last 6-8 months, these guys have been No. 1 in my books.

This is another band that sound brilliant live. Their Live performance DVD 'Live at Somerset House' is 70 minutes amazing music.

As far as their albums go; I never really got into their first album 'Songs for Polarbears'. Their second album, 'When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up' has 2 or 3 songs which I grew fond of, but for me, their third album 'Final Straw' is where all the truly great songs are. The first 6 songs on this album are suberb, with amazing lyrics. One of these songs, 'Chocolate', is without a doubt my favourite Snow Patrol song across all their albums. With the lyrics and the way it's performed, the song fits together really well, and from the moment I heard it I loved it.

Their final album, and latest, 'Eyes Open' has a great selection of both fast and slow songs. The song 'Chasing Cars' has probably been the biggest of the 4 singles to come from this album so far (soon to be 5 when 'Open Your Eyes' gets more playback across the Airwaves in the near future). The song has featured in a few different TV show series finales, and has really grown to be a crowd favourite from these well remembered TV drama scenes.

It's been just over 8 months since the release of 'Eyes Open' so maybe within the next 6 months we'll hear word of a fifth album from this great Irish rock band. Until then, I certainly won't be getting sick of the old stuff :P