Wheat (band) charge, while the digital version of the EP became available for purchase on Wheat's website that same month. Gary Lightbody, lead singer for Snow Patrol, is a self-proclaimed fan of Wheat, typically listing their albums on any of his top music lists, including his 2007 "best of" blog post on the band's MySpace page. Albums EPs Singles Label Samplers Music Video Game Wheat (band) Wheat is an American indie-rock band formed by Scott Levesque (vocals, guitar), Brendan Harney (drums, vocals), Ricky Brennan Jr. (guitar, vocals), and Kenny Madaras (bass) in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1996. Wheat's debut album, "Medeiros", released in
Crack the Shutters "fully formed". The initial version of the song has the same structure as the version that appears on the album. The lyric 'crack the shutters open wide' was the first that came to Lightbody, who further commented that it's "the most natural song on the album, it's about the most natural thing in the world". At the time of the release of the album, SP.com posted a section featuring lead singer and lyricist Gary Lightbody discussing the new songs, which was initially a Lightbody interview to RTÉ. About "Crack the Shutters", he said it was the purest love song he'd