It’s 2011, right? Almost 2012. Perhaps it has to do with marketing plans – hard to promote an album on both sides of the ocean when there is only one band that can tour. And if plans for a tour on the other side of the world aren’t on the books for another 4 months, you don’t want to lose momentum by releasing an album too early.
Snow Patrol’s sixth full length, Fallen Empires, will be released in the UK on November 14. For some reason, it’s not going to be released in the US until January 10. In a time when labels are fighting a daily battle on illegal downloads, does it make a lot of sense to stagger release dates? And the major labels wonder why they lose sales every day.
Here’s a brand new video for “This Isn’t Everything You Are”. It’s got the classic, anthemic Snow Patrol sound.