I was given the latest Snow Patrol album, "A Hundred Million Suns", for Christmas. I can't get enough of it. It might even be the band's best one yet. The music is addictive. Each song is unique in its own way, with the notes creatively put together. My favourite song is Lifeboats. The change in rhythm from verse to chorus is just amazing. The coda is what really hooked me to this song, though. I love how the bass continues on after everything else is done. One would think that the song is getting ready to go into another section, with the bass line as the link, but then suddenly the bass stops and there's silence.

If it can be possible, Snow Patrol has managed to write even more poetic lyrics this time than for the last album. The words roll over my mind, like a platter of hor doeuvres, each bite deliciously different from the previous one.

I listen to the album, and find that I've opened a box of surprises each time I do so.