Snow Patrol release new single ‘These Alarms’ with Kylie Minogue

Snow Patrol have released a new single, ‘These Alarms’, featuring Kylie Minogue.

The track was written by Snow Patrol with Kylie specifically in mind. They initially recorded the song for their 2024 UK Number 1 album, The Forest is the Path, under the working title ‘KYLIE’. However, upon completion, the band decided to hold the track back until they could record it with Kylie.

“As a huge Kylie fan I originally wrote ‘These Alarms' with her in mind,” said Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody. “I played it to Johnny and Nathan and they loved it and we decided to record it for our (most recent) album The Forest Is The Path."

When the recording was finished, Gary and other members of the band agreed that they felt something was missing from the song.

“We all knew it was Kylie’s voice that was the missing piece,” Lightbody continued. “Nate suggested we send it to her to see if she would join us on it. So, in hope (and with many fingers and toes crossed) we sent it off, it reached Kylie and we heard back that she liked it.”

The song's narrative explores the shadows of past relationships and the tension between maintaining a safe distance and wanting to reconnect. The Aussie singer described the plot as "irresistible".

“Hearing there was a demo called Kylie that had been living in the Snow Patrol archives was a complete surprise and, naturally, I was curious to hear it,” she said. “Gary is such a brilliant songwriter, so to be invited into the band’s world is a total honour.”

'These Alarms' is be available on all streaming platforms now.