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  • Summary: Produced by Fraser T Smith, the first full-length studio release from alternative rock band Snow Patrol since 2018's Wildness is also its first without Jonny Quinn and Paul Wilson.
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  • Record Label: Polydor
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
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  1. Record Collector
    Oct 21, 2024
    80
    Bittersweet and heartfelt. [Nov 2024, p.101]
  2. Sep 13, 2024
    80
    If the song strategies seem predictable and the sentiments over familiar, the album as a whole still grips my heart and squeezes. I find myself wanting to listen to it again and again, and I can’t say that about every album I review.
  3. Sep 13, 2024
    80
    Yet another late-era treasure trove that highlights all the facets of Snow Patrol's pure emotional catharsis and introspection.
  4. Mojo
    Sep 13, 2024
    60
    Sometimes, as on Hold Me In The Fire, they unashamedly chase Chasing Cars’ modern-day-standard template. At others, like restive prisoners looking to try new ideas on the outside, they break out, hence the electro-percussive, choral title track. [Oct 2024, p.88]
  5. Sep 13, 2024
    50
    The Forest Is The Path too often sounds like Snow Patrol on autopilot.