Snow Patrol Announce First Album in Six Years “The Forest Is the Path”

Snow Patrol - Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn, Gary Lightbody, Johnny McDaid, and Nathan Connolly - in concert in January 2019
Snow Patrol - Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn, Gary Lightbody, Johnny McDaid, and Nathan Connolly - in concert in January 2019. Photo by Andrew MacColl/REX/Shutterstock (10079999ab)

It’s been six years since Snow Patrol released their last studio album, and they’re finally gearing up for a comeback. The band’s new album The Forest Is the Path will hit the shelves this September, and they gave us a taste of things to come with the lead single “The Beginning”.

Snow Patrol hadn’t surprised us with an album since the release of Wildness in 2018, but they’re finally ready to share their new music with the world. The Forest Is the Path will be released on September 13 via Universal Music Operations, and it’s their first album in six years.

The Forest Is the Path will hit the shelves just in time for the band’s 30th anniversary, and it’s all about honoring the past while stepping into the future.

“This album took us on many uncharted routes, with sometimes weird and sometimes wonderful turns… While we honor the past we also want to cherish the present and look to the future. So this is the beginning of something, and we are so excited to share it with you all,” the band wrote on Instagram.

“The Beginning” was released as the lead single from this album, and it will be one of 12 tracks featured on The Forest Is the Path.