Gary Lightbody at the Tay Hotel. Along with Lightbody, friends Roy Kerr, Tom Simpson, and Anu Pillai also used to DJ there. They mixed up various styles of music as house, rock, and hip hop. They gained a loyal following and socialised together for about two years. Lightbody later co-wrote "What Are You Waiting For" on the album "Strangest Things", with Anu Pillai for Freeform Five. "What Are You Waiting For" was written before Snow Patrol released "Final Straw", during a time when Lightbody was staying over at the band's place for a few days. Pillai had to literally drag a hungover
Sessions@AOL (Snow Patrol EP) United Kingdom and German iTunes Stores for digital download on 15 June 2004. The album cover was the same as the album "Final Straw". The album features the band performing six songs from the album Final Straw and an interview with lead singer Gary Lightbody and lead guitarist Nathan Connolly. The interview and their performance of "Run" later made their way to the DualDisc on the re-release of "Final Straw". The band's second performance at AOL was when they were touring in support of their album "Eyes Open" in 2006. A post on the band's website announced that the band