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Snow Patrol, who relocated to Scotland from Belfast (Northern Ireland), sound
like a bad copy of Belle And Sebastian on
Songs For Polar Bears (Jeepster, 2000),
When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (Jeepster, 2001),
Final Straw (Polydor, 2003), with the touching How To be Dead,
the dreamy Coldplay-esque Run and Spitting Games and
Chocolate.
Reindeer Section is a Scottish super-group ("super" also in quantity, as it
features fifteen musicians) assembled by Gary Lightbody of the Snow Patrol, who
borrowed members of Arab Strap, Belle And Sebastian, Mogwai, etc.
Their first album, Y'all Get Scared Now Ya Hear (Pias, 2001), was
received enthusiastically by the press, despite the fact that each song was
vastly inferior to the standards of the original bands.
Adding members of Teenage Fanclub and Idlewild,
Son of Evil Reindeer (Bright Star Recordings, 2002) delivered
more pop boredom, with the notable exception of You Are My Joy.
Gary Lightbody's fourth Snow Patrol album, Eyes Open (2006), the top
British album of the year as far as sales go,
is little more than a tedious dinner party (the hit Chasing Cars).
However,
A Hundred Million Suns (2008) was another million-seller and included the
16-minute The Lightening Strike.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Maria Antonietta Partinico)
Gli Snow Patrol, spostatisi dalla Scozia a Belfast (Irlanda del Nord), suonano come una brutta copia dei Belle and Sebastian negli album Songs For Polar Bears (Jeepster, 2000), When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (Jeepster, 2001), Final Straw (Polydor, 2003), con la toccante How To Be Dead, le sognanti simil-Coldplay Run e Spitting Games.
Reindeer Section è un "super" gruppo scozzese (super anche dal punto di vista della quantità, dal momento che si caratterizza di quindici musicisti) messo assieme da Gary Lightbody degli Snow Patrol, che prese in prestito alcuni membri degli Arab Strap, Belle and Sebastian, Mogway, etc. Il loro primo album, Y'all Get Scared Now Ya Hear (Pias, 2001), fu accolto con grande entusiasmo dalla stampa, nonostante i singoli pezzi fossero decisamente inferiori agli standard mantenuti nei gruppi di provenienza. Con l’aggiunta di membri dei Teenege Fun Club e Idlewild, Son of Evil Reindeer (Bright Star Recordings, 2002) liberò un pò più di noia pop, con la chiara eccezione di You are my Joy.
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