SONG OF THE WEEK: Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol's new single, "Chasing Cars" (A&M), walks in the same sensitive, fragile (and ultimately successful) footsteps as James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" but turns the guitar up in the middle enough to suggest the Brits' rock roots, like the wise-cracking dude who encourages the lead guy in the romantic comedy to "man up." Between "Chasing Cars" and "Chocolate," the British hit that has been revived as the theme for the new Zach Braff movie "The Last Kiss," Snow Patrol should be the fall's breaking back-to-campus band.
Listen to "Chasing Cars" here