(Sony)Supposedly, the making of this album had to wait until frontman Danny O'Donoghue had finished moonlighting as a judge on The Voice. If so, you've got to hand it to the Irish trio for pulling together such a slick product so quickly. These "crazy creatives" – as the credits giddily put it – have soft-rock grandiosity down cold, and there's no reason #3 shouldn't cream off much of Snow Patrol's massive audience. Non-fans, though, will find the album fantastically bland, and be bemused by...
Guardian Music — (Sony)Supposedly, the making of this album had to wait until frontman Danny O'Donoghue had finished moonlighting as a judge on The Voice. If so, you've got to hand it to ... more info