Albums of the week

INDIE

Snow Patrol

Wildness (Universal)

Are you even allowed to say you like Snow Patrol any more? I’m only half-joking. The Irish outfit has a number of hurdles to overcome in 2018, and they’re all to do with fashion and timing. For years, Snow Patrol have been lumped in with Coldplay and Keane as the makers of a certain kind of anthemic indie rock: heartfelt, but not necessarily cool. Then there’s the ...