In a message dated 8/8/2004 5:02:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
 
<<
We took a dare on 
Snow Patrol and it wasn't too  bad.

>>
 
This album has actually really taken me by surprise. When it first came  out, 
I sort of assumed it was a hard rock/nu-metal thing like Nickelback since  
the single was called "Spitting Games" and the album art could've just as easily 
 been Seether or something. But someone told me they were brit-pop, and I saw 
 that they put some albums out on Jeepster, so I decided they might be worth 
a  listen after all... and I learned that "Spitting Games" was in fact one of 
those  
"that-song-I-hear-on-the-radio-and-really-like-but-I-don't-know-what-it-is"  songs. We got an extra promo at work so I snagged it and now I'm 
listening to it  all the time. The power ballad "Run", which is the second single 
that's finally  turning the album into something of a hit, isn't that interesting 
to me but most  of the rest of the disc is pretty fantastic. A lot of people 
compare it to  Coldplay but it's much rockier and more diverse to my ears. 
Definitely worth  taking a risk, especially given a low introductory price at 
most stores.  --Jason