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Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
“Snow Patrol handily manages the challenge of following up breakthrough album “Eyes Open” on “A Hundred Million Suns.” The music’s inherent dignity ensures that lyrics like “Kiss me, kiss me/Life is way too short to scream and shout” don’t draw smirks, and it keeps the brazen romanticism and sentimentality from becoming too glaring. “If There’s a Rocket Tie Me to It” nods to Coldplay, preserving the driving urgency of previous hit “Chasing Cars.” “Take Back the City” and “Engines” also hijack the beat, but midtempo winners “Lifeboats” and “The Golden Floor” are much better realized. Three-act, 16-minute finale “The Lightening Strike” recounts being forced to take shelter with a beloved in a storm and the revered memory of those transcendent moments. “I don’t want to run/Just overwhelm me,” Gary Lightbody sings—an ample description for the album’s overall intentions. —Christa L. Titus”
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