Grammy-nominated alternative rock band Snow Patrol will release their first album in six years this September.

Revealed yesterday, The Forest Is The Path will be released on September 13 via Polydor Records. The 12-track album was co-produced by Fraser T Smith (Adele/Dave/Stormzy) and the band. The first single from the album titled “The Beginning” can be heard below.

Vocalist Gary Lightbody said this about the album:

“I haven’t been in a relationship for a very long time, 10 years or more, so love from a distance to me meant the way a relationship sits in your memory from a distance of, say, 10 years. That’s not something I’d previously thought about as away to write about love. So it’s like, when you’re in love, you’re standing in the lobby of the Empire State Building. When you’ve broken up with that person, you’re out in the street. You can still see the building, but you’re not in there anymore. And when it’s 10 years later, now you’re standing in Brooklyn looking at the Manhattan skyline.

That’s kind of a summing up of this album. It’s a way of looking at various mistakes, any pain I may have caused, from a place where nothing is hurting anymore, except the memory when you pull it back into your mind. The memory itself is full of hurt but everything around it isn’t. You’re holding in your hand this ball of fire, but now you’ve got gloves on.”

Snow Patrol also revealed an early 2025 tour across the U.K. and Ireland. Tour dates can be seen below. Fans who pre-order the album here will get access to ticket presales next Wednesday (June 5) at 10 a.m. Tickets will go on sale to the general public next Friday (June 7) at 10 a.m.

Snow Patrol tour dates

Jan 30th Paris Olympia

Feb 1st Zurich The Hall

Feb 2nd Frankfurt Myticket Jahrhunderthalle

Feb 4th Munich Zenith

Feb 5th Berlin Tempodrom

Feb 7th Dusseldorf Mitshubishi Electric Halle

Feb 8th Amsterdam Ziggo Dome

Feb 9th Brussels Forest National

Feb 15th London O2

Feb 16th Birmingham Resorts World Arena

Feb 18th Cardiff Utilita Arena

Feb 19th Hull Connexin Live

Feb 21st Glasgow OVO Hydro

Feb 22nd Manchester Co-op Live Arena

Feb 25th Dublin 3Arena

Feb 27th Belfast SSE Arena

The Forest Is The Path tracklisting:

1. All

2. The Beginning

3. Everything’s Here And Nothing’s Lost

4. Your Heart Home

5. This Is The Sound Of Your Voice

6. Hold Me In The Fire

7. Years That Fall

8. Never Really Tire

9. These Lies

10. What If Nothing Breaks?

11. Talking About Hope

12. The Forest Is The Path