*'The Fireside Sessions' is an EP made up of five songs,* written in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The EP was written in collaboration with the band's fans during a series of streams on Instagram Live dubbed *'Saturday Songwriters'. In a nod to this partnership,* the album is released under the banner of Snow Patrol and the Saturday Songwriters. The EP was produced by Iain Archer and features the single *'Reaching Out to You'. The band have partnered with the Trussell Trust Charity for the EP and all proceeds from the project will go to the anti-poverty charity. Speaking about how *'The Fireside Sessions' came about,* frontman Gary Lightbody says,* *'During lockdown I wrote a song each Saturday on Instagram Live. People from all over the world participated and each week there was 4 or 5 thousand people involved over the course of the hour: The Saturday Songwriters. They would suggest chords and lyrics and I would put them all together and add in a few of my own where appropriate.'
Product details
Release Date:
2020-08-21
Publication Date:
2020-08-21
Publisher:
Universal Music Vertrieb - A Division of Universal Music GmbH
