Snow Patrol - Final Straw (Virtual Surround)

Snow Patrol - Final Straw (Virtual Surround - FLAC) [ADHDerby]







Virtual Surround is a technology which allows you to listen to music, watch movies, or play video games with surround effects using any set of two channel stereo headphones. I'm a big surround music fan and made this album so I can listen it in surround through headphones on a portable player. The sources of this release are surround versions of the tracks ripped from the SACD release. I've converted them to virtual surround with Creative's BlasterX Acoustic Engine Pro. Using state-of-the-art technology, it gives an enhanced virtual 7.1 channel surround sound experience with regular stereo headphones.



Genre: Rock

Style: Pop Rock, Indie Rock

Label: Polydor, Fiction Records, A&M Records

Release Date: August 24, 2004

Original Release: Aug 4, 2003

Source: SACD 2.8 MHz 5.1 DSD

Resampler: Adobe Audition

Sample rate: 44100 Hz

Bits per sample: 16

Codec: FLAC



Final Straw is the third studio album and major-label debut by British rock band Snow Patrol, released on 4 August 2003 in the United Kingdom and Ireland and in 2004 in the United States. The album is notable for bringing the band their first mainstream success outside of their native countries of Northern Ireland and Scotland. In the 14 months following its release, a total of 5 singles were drawn from it. It is the first album to feature lead guitarist Nathan Connolly and the last to feature bassist Mark McClelland.



The lyrics, all written by Lightbody are about failing relationships and break-ups. They were inspired by his personal experiences. Quinn, his longtime friend, says that he knows who Lightbody sings about in those songs. The lyrics deal with the themes of relationships and politics. Lightbody has said that his "finally learn[ing] to write a chorus" was the key to the album's success.



Guitarist Nathan Connolly joined the band during the recording sessions. He did not contribute much, as the whole album had already been demoed. He commented that he found it easy to start writing and sharing his ideas with the rest of the band, as he had a good relationship with the band before being a member. The album's music incorporates distorted guitar, feedback styles, and the vocals are gritty. The band's sound on the album was described as being a "cross between the sullen folk of Nick Drake and the more punchy rock moments of Simple Minds and the Pixies. Reviewing the album, Pitchfork described the performances as being based around "rigid, unwavering tempos that approximate dance music," created through looped sections of playing augmented with electronics. The first song, "How to Be Dead", introduces this sound with extensive use of drum machine programming.





Tracklist:



01. How To Be Dead (3:21)

02. Wow (4:02)

03. Gleaming Auction (2:04)

04. Whatever's Left (2:40)

05. Spitting Games (3:46)

06. Chocolate (3:03)

07. Run (5:55)

08. Grazed Knees (2:55)

09. Ways & Means (4:48)

10. Tiny Little Fractures (2:29)

11. Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking (4:33)

12. Same (3:54)



The cover is "polished" by me.





Cheers,



ADHDerby