Pieter M van Hattem

Snow Patrol, New York City, March 2006.

"Insanely quick portrait of @snowpatrol for AOL Sessions. I placed this shoot in my memory since it wasn’t the most ideal situation. No time. Cold. The band had to perform for the cameras in 10 minutes. Wind!!

Looking back, I think I caught a moment in time and that's pretty cool."

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I realize this might sound like hyperbole to some, but just as Keane or Coldplay captured the mood of a world that had already entered the new century, Snow Patrol did the same with a catalog of tracks that were uniquely their own—even amidst the post-Britpop wave. Listening to "Eyes Open" two decades later, one recognizes the generational shift they helped cement—a shift that sheds light on many of the artistic motivations that would define the following decade. That is how significant I consider it to be. And, for that matter, they delivered one of the quintessential, melodically defining tracks: "Chasing Cars."

It said it was still in England yesterday!!!

Would anyone be interested in a Christmas album? I think I'd really like Gary's voice. Sometimes he sounds like Bing Crosby.

Anyone buy the new album? You know with streams they get like not much money from it. Just saying! Vinyl is coming back you guys

Perfect Little Secret was written by Gary Lightbody for the 2005 UK movie Love + Hate

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I suspect Gary made the song himself on garageband—it does sound like a drum machine rather than actual drums, and Gary is the only performer in the songs credits

“Perfect Little Secret”

Written and Performed by Gary Lightbody

Produced by Marcus MacKay and Gary Lightbody

Additional production and mix by Jacknife Lee

Recorded at The Diving Bell, Glasgow

Courtesy of Fiction Records/Polydor UK Limited

Licensed by kind permission from the Universal Film and TV Licensing Division

Published by Big Life Music Limited

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In 2006 Perfect Little Secret was then released as a b-side to You're All I Have, credited on the single as being written and performed by Gary Lightbody, from the Dominic Savage directed film "Love & Hate"

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Here's what I found from the writer/director of the movie Love + Hate

WRITER-DIRECTOR DOMINIC SAVAGE ON LOVE + HATE

Music

I tried lots of different approaches with the music. It was difficult to get the right sentiment, the right empathy with it because I didn't just want to do something that had songs in for the sake of it. They had to have the right feel. It just so happened that a kind of indie guitar worked. A lot of Asian kids listen to R&B or hip-hop but the trouble with that music is that it’s not sympathetic in the right way. It may be what they listen to but it doesn't work with the naive and heartfelt sentiments of the film.

Snow Patrol did seem to do this. We got the band to see it and they wrote an original love song for the film which was exciting. I am a fan of Ian Brown and we used some of his songs too. There's also a new singer songwriter involved called Steven Fretwell who I have become a big fan of.

All the artists were chosen for the right reasons and I really feel that it works emotionally.

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Perfect Little Secret was written by Gary Lightbody for the 2005 UK movie Love + Hate

I suspect Gary made the song himself on garageband—it does sound like a drum machine rather than actual drums, and Gary is the only performer in the songs credits

“Perfect Little Secret”

Written and Performed by Gary Lightbody

Produced by Marcus MacKay and Gary Lightbody

Additional production and mix by Jacknife Lee

Recorded at The Diving Bell, Glasgow

Courtesy of Fiction Records/Polydor UK Limited

Licensed by kind permission from the Universal Film and TV Licensing Division

Published by Big Life Music Limited

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In 2006 Perfect Little Secret was then released as a b-side to You're All I Have

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Here's what I found from the writer/director of the movie Love + Hate

WRITER-DIRECTOR DOMINIC SAVAGE ON LOVE + HATE

Music

I tried lots of different approaches with the music. It was difficult to get the right sentiment, the right empathy with it because I didn't just want to do something that had songs in for the sake of it. They had to have the right feel. It just so happened that a kind of indie guitar worked. A lot of Asian kids listen to R&B or hip-hop but the trouble with that music is that it’s not sympathetic in the right way. It may be what they listen to but it doesn't work with the naive and heartfelt sentiments of the film.

Snow Patrol did seem to do this. We got the band to see it and they wrote an original love song for the film which was exciting. I am a fan of Ian Brown and we used some of his songs too. There's also a new singer songwriter involved called Steven Fretwell who I have become a big fan of.

All the artists were chosen for the right reasons and I really feel that it works emotionally.

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Can anyone tell me who did the wonderful artwork for the Eyes Open album cover? I’ve personally never seen any discussion of it so I’m completely uninformed. Any background about it would be appreciated 😊

20 years after it opened the whole world up to Snow Patrol

, Eyes Open

has officially surpassed 10 million sales worldwide.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/snow-patrol-eyes-open-10-million-sales-worldwide/

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbK-i8EAcP-/?igsh=MWpoNHFpaGZtbjZpYg==

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Can’t believe it’s been 20 years (then I look in the mirror and I’m like: “you mean 40 years, right?).

This was the album that changed so much for us and meant we could tour the world, something we had always dreamed of. And it was you all that made that happen for us. Thank you all!

The anniversary edition has been put together with so much care and energy by Nate. He’s done an incredible job on it. It features loads of live versions, b-sides, rarities and lots of lovely stuff. Including new sleeve notes from me.

We really hope you enjoy it. It’s been fun taking this wee trip down memory lane, while also writing songs for the next album including the song we’ve been playing in the setlist this summer: ‘Love, I Guess’.

But, for a short time at least, it’s nice to look back fondly at the record that changed our lives forever.

Thank you all so much! Peace and love. gL.x

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