Snow Patrol Confirms 1st New Album In 6 Years ‘The Forest Is The Path’

Snow Patrol confirmed their first album in six years, The Forest Is The Path. The Northern Irish band previewed the album with the lead single, “The Beginning.”

The Forest Is The Path, the follow-up to 2018’s Wildness, will be released on September 13 through Polydor Records. The band – Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly and Johnny McDaid – co-produced their eighth album with Fraser T Smith.

According to the album announcement, the 12-song LP is “rooted in reflection, introspection and interrogation” and “the idea of love from the distance of time.” Lightbody described his mindset while making The Forest Is The Path, stating:

“I haven’t been in a relationship for a very long time, 10 years or more, so love from a distance to me meant the way a relationship sits in your memory from a distance of, say, 10 years. That’s not something I’d previously thought about as a way to write about love.

“So it’s like, when you’re in love, you’re standing in the lobby of the Empire State Building. When you’ve broken up with that person, you’re out in the street. You can still see the building, but you’re not in there anymore. And when it’s 10 years later, now you’re standing in Brooklyn looking at the Manhattan skyline.”

Watch “The Beginning” lyric video below:

Snow Patrol also confirmed arena tour dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland slated for early 2025. Pre-sale tickets will be available beginning on Wednesday, June 5 at 10 a.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 7 at 10 a.m.

The Forest Is The Path Tracklist

1. All
2. The Beginning
3. Everything’s Here And Nothing’s Lost
4. Your Heart Home
5. This Is The Sound Of Your Voice
6. Hold Me In The Fire
7. Years That Fall
8. Never Really Tire
9. These Lies
10. What If Nothing Breaks?
11. Talking About Hope
12. The Forest Is The Path