Snow Patrol release new EP written and recorded during lockdown!
Scottish rock band Snow Patrol today release a brand-new EP The Fireside Sessions. Written and recorded during lockdown, the EP is made up of five songs written with the band’s fans during a series of streams on Instagram Live dubbed Saturday Songwriters.
Produced by Iain Archer and released under the banner of Snow Patrol and The Saturday Songwriters, The Fireside Sessions EP follow’s last year’s Reworked album, which saw the quintet offer up alternate versions of iconic tracks alongside some deep cuts. Reworked reached Number 3 in the UK charts and today was certified Silver by the Official Charts.
“During lockdown I wrote a song each Saturday on Instagram Live. People from all over the world participated and each week there was 4 or 5 thousand people involved over the course of the hour: The Saturday Songwriters. We did it for 11 weeks and wrote 12 songs together. It was a lot of fun,” speaking about how The Fireside Sessions came about, Snow Patrol’s frontman Gary Lightbody.
The Fireside Sessions EP tracklist:
01. – Reaching Out To You
02. – On The Edge Of All This
03. – The Curve Of Earth
04. – Dance With Me
05. – Light Years