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Snow Patrol, who relocated to Scotland from Belfast (Northern Ireland), sounded
like a bad copy of Belle And Sebastian on
Songs For Polar Bears (Jeepster, 2000),
with the moribund Fifteen Minutes Old but also the loud boogie of
Starfighter Pilot,
and
When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (Jeepster, 2001),
with the whispered psychedelic singalong of Ask Me How I Am and
the casual shuffle of Making Enemies,
aimless melodies anchored to mildly rocking rhythms that worked wonders as
background muzak.
Final Straw (Polydor, 2003), with the touching How To be Dead,
the dense, intense and dreamy Coldplay-esque Run,
the jangling singalong Chocolate,
and the pulsating march-like Spitting Games, began to converge towards
a more personal style.
They were becoming one of the most successful acts of the 2000s.
Reindeer Section was a Scottish super-group ("super" also in quantity, as it
featured 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.
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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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