"A Hundred Million Suns' preceded by single, video
NEW YORK -- Snow Patrol has sic an Oct. 28 U.S. release date for its fifth record album, "A Hundred Million Suns." First individual "Take Back the City" arrives Oct. 13 in the U.K., in tandem with a video injection by Alex Courtes.
The stripe spent several months recording at Grouse Lodge in Ireland and also logged time at Berlin's Hansa Studios, where such celebrated albums as U2's "Achtung Baby" and David Bowie's "Low," "Lodger" and "Heroes" were tracked.
"Musically, lyrically and sonically the best record we've made," frontman Gary Lightbody said of the set, produced by longtime collaborator Garret "Jacknife" Lee.
"A Hundred Million Suns" is the follow-up to 2006's "Eyes Open," which has sold 1.2 one thousand thousand copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
