a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1133/636/1600/Snow%20Patrol%20Eyes%20Open%20cover.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1133/636/200/Snow%20Patrol%20Eyes%20Open%20cover.jpg” alt=”" border=”0″ //aIrish indie rockers Snow Patrol fell into fashion with the band’s 2003 release span style=”font-style: italic;”Final Straw/span. Blending into its surroundings Snow Patrol found popularity through the band’s fresh appeal; though in all reality it had been a long time coming. Forming in and around 1994, Snow Patrol reveals span style=”font-style: italic;”Eyes Open/span as the band’s fourth album, finding its increased expectation resulting in, at times, both pulsating musical flair and tranquilizing lulls.br /br /By maintaining a sense of accessibility Snow Patrol’s span style=”font-style: italic;”Final Straw/span was released to much critical acclaim characterized by its similarities to comparable bands such as the hugely popular Coldplay. The band’s music struck a note with fans of a slower, sentimental brand of rock which was reaching its peak in popularity at the time. span style=”font-style: italic;”Eyes Open/span offers much a similar style of song though it is being released in somewhat of a different musical environment. The blessings that (mild) overproduction and mellow melodies were to the band’s last release come as handicaps with span style=”font-style: italic;”Eyes Open/span as they distract from the songwriting and allow the listener to examine how distinct the band is from its contemporaries.br /br /It’s that comparison that allows the listener to both enjoy and find distaste for the group. There is something oddly familiar with Snow Patrol, something that brings about a sense of home, or longing, but with that comes an inferior level of innovation in the music. Some of the finer tracks such as “You’re All I Have” and “Shut Your Eyes” find themselves appealing as such, both comforting and disturbingly similar to much of what has already been recorded and heard within the genre. By appealing to a certain fashion or cast of listener these similarities can easily become a downfall for the band. Though Snow Patrol offer a number of pleasurable songs on span style=”font-style: italic;”Eyes Open/span, they do so as passive pioneers, offering enough creativity with key tracks that shadow the majority of span style=”font-style: italic;”Eyes Open/span’s homogeneous output.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1133/636/1600/2.5%20stars.12.jpg”img style=”cursor: pointer;” src=”http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1133/636/200/2.5%20stars.12.jpg” alt=”" border=”0″ //abr /br /a href=”http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=downloadufid=452F95AA5CEFE82B”Snow Patrol “You’re All I Have”/a span style=”font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);”(mp3)/span (a href=”http://rapidshare.de/files/23717488/Snow_Patrol_-_You_re_All_I_Have.mp3.html”alternate link/a)br /a href=”http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=downloadufid=E30AE05911F42293″Snow Patrol “Make This Go On Forever”/a span style=”font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);”(mp3)/span (a href=”http://rapidshare.de/files/23716436/Snow_Patrol_-_Make_This_Go_on_Forever.mp3.html”alternate link/a)br /br /a href=”http://www.snowpatrol.com/”Snow Patrol – Official Site/abr /a href=”http://www.myspace.com/snowpatrol”Snow Patrol – MySpace Site/a span style=”font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);”(4 songs)br /br //spana onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1133/636/1600/Snow%20Patrol.0.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1133/636/320/Snow%20Patrol.0.jpg” alt=”" border=”0″ //a