PLACE WE RAN FROM
PLACE WE RAN FROM
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Artist - TIRED PONY (SNOW PATROL & REM)
Price £11.00
Label - POLYDOR
Format - CD

Released 12/07/10

Tired Pony began life as a doodle in Gary Lightbodys jotter. During idle moments on Snow Patrols year-long tour for A Hundred Million Suns, Gary began writing songs for this imaginary band having earlier in the year hinted at his ambition to form a country band. Forward to January 4th 2010, a cast of characters assembled at Portlands Type Foundry; from the extended Snow Patrol family there was Troy Stewart, the bands guitar technician, Iain Archer, long-time Snow Patrol associate and collaborator, Richard Colburn, the renowned drummer with Belle & Sebastian, and producer Garret 'Jacknife' Lee, who brought in Tired Ponys final two members, Peter Buck from R.E.M. and Scott McCaughey, the Seattle musical polymath whos been R.E.M.s full-time auxiliary member since 1994. Tired Pony were joined by a number of guest contributors including M. Ward, his She & Him partner Zooey Deschanel (who sings harmony on "Get On The Road") and Tom Smith of Editors, who sings lead vocal on "The Good Book".

1. Northwestern Skies
2. Get On The Road
3. Point Me At Lost Lands
4. Dead American Writers
5. Held In The Arms Of
6. That Silver Necklace
7. I Am A Landslide
8. The Deepest Ocean There Is
9. The Good Book
10. Pieces