Dull Snow Patrol Split From Manager, Dullness To Continue Regardless

With the possible exception of The Fray and Keane, Snow Patrol are the most boring band on the entire planet. Even their manager agrees. Or at least he was their manager until he decided he didn’t want to die a slow death of miserable bastard indie laced with the vocals of a jittery, soppy sod choirboy who needs a haircut.

Snow Patrol were not always less interesting than pus. They started off pretty well; some of their songs could even be considered ‘ok’, as background filler for cleaning the gutters or having a mental breakdown. Back in their early days as Shrug there was something more about them than gloom-laden drudgery. As Snow Patrol, they released the critically acclaimed Final Straw in 2003 and got enough attention to warrant not giving a damn anymore. As if being from Belfast would not make you miserable enough, they felt being permanently depressed and maudlin was the way to go. Nothing like being nominated for a Grammy and having a song featured in Grey’s Anatomy to really piss you off though. Man, that sucks.

Their now former manager Jazz Summers took over the band’s reins back in 2002 when they were dumped by Jeepster Records. Many people believe he was the mastermind behind the current Snow Patrol monstrosity. He is the one you blame when you’re sitting up in heaven looking down on your own funeral with Chasing Cars blaring out of the chapel’s antiquated speaker system. There is no official line for the band’s split from Summers. ‘Creative differences’ is likely, ‘they’ve gone all shit’ even more so.

Snow Patrol are presently signed with Peter Mensch at Q Prime management. They have another similarly monotonous long-dead rock act on their books called Red Hot Chili Peppers. Muse are also there, still throwing their one decent single release in the last five years around as a major comeback. It’s the one before the one on the aircraft carrier before you ask - something about a supernova, a supermarket, or Superman or something.

If you want to catch Snow Patrol live you can go to London on 28th June, follow the wearied drone coming from the inside the O2 Arena and there they’ll be, playing guitars and contentedly moaning about chocolate. Alternatively you can just throw give us the fifty quid and we’ll come round your house and cry in your ear for an hour about lost love and fig rolls. We promise you it will be more exciting.

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