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Gary Lightbody To Go Solo

added 05 May 2009 at 09.37

Gary Lightbody has revealed that he's currently working on two side projects. The Snow Patrol frontman is recording material that would be out of place on one of the band's albums. The first is an avant-garde piece called 'Listen Tank' developed with 'Patrol producer Jackknife Lee, while the second is a country album called 'Tired Pony'.

"A lot of the stuff I've been writing recently is just so leftfield that it just wouldn't fit on a Snow Patrol record," he told the BBC. "So I've had to invent other ways of getting it out there."

Of 'Listen Tank', Lightbody claims that the album emerged from jams with Lee. "I call it Russian submarine music," he says. "I don't know why, there's just lots of voices on it with me using my vocals as an instrument rather than a guitar. It sounds like some underwater choir."

Meanwhile, the country album is the realisation of a long-term ambition. "I've loved country for a long time... I always thought I had a country album in me and it turns out I did. I don't know whether people will dig it or not. It's just something I wanted to get out of my system."

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1. Gary in a cowboy hat and boots? Hmmmmmm.

   Posted by lothuial on 06/05/2009 18:18:21 | report abuse

2. reform Reindeer Section, that's what I say...

   Posted by Sportball on 05/05/2009 13:15:43 | report abuse

3. anything with gary lightbody will be fantastic! xxx

   Posted by cheryl nejad on 05/05/2009 11:25:53 | report abuse