Those Distant Bells
by Snow Patrol (featuring Lissie)

Album: Fallen Empires (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is one of several tracks on Fallen Empires to which US folk singer Lissie contributed vocals. Snow Patrol lead singer Gary Lightbody told Billboard magazine: "She came in for the day and she's on 5 songs that made the album... We wanted to get a female presence on the record. I had the idea from Neil Young's Harvest, Linda Ronstadt, that kinda recurs on the album so she came in and did a days work with us and what a day's worth it was."

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