Snow Patrol: Record Labels

Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The band's first three records, the EP Starfighter Pilot (1997), and the studio albums Songs for Polarbears (1998) and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001), were commercially unsuccessful.
Genres
Alternative rock, post-Britpop, power pop, indie rock
Source

There albums were released by the independent record labels:


Electric Honey

'Which is run by students studying the HNC & HND in Music Business course, as well as students studying the Advanced Diploma in Music Industry Management & Marketing course at Stow College in Glasgow, Scotland'

Jeepster Records


'Jeepster Records is a London, England-based independent record label which is currently the home of bands Parka and SixNationState. The label is noted for having been the home of critically acclaimed artists Belle and Sebastian and Snow Patrol.
Jeepster Records was founded in 1995. Their first signing, Belle and Sebastian, proved a success and enabled the label to sign other acts in following years, namely Snow Patrol in December 1997, Salako in 1998, Looper in 1999 and The Gentle Waves in 2000.
While Jeepster's acts, particularly Belle & Sebastian, received critical acclaim, the label found themselves financially troubled and were not in a position to renew the contracts of its most successful artists in 2002.This effectively put the label into a dormant state whereby they were unable to invest in signing new artists.'

Snow Patrol then signed for a major record label called 'Polydor Records' which is owned by the 'Universal Music Group'


Polydor Records (UK)

'In the early 1970s, the main source of income for the label was probably the enormously successful UK band Slade. Later, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the label was also home to The Jam. Though Polydor's American branch is defunct, in the United Kingdom Polydor continues to sign chart-topping acts. Polydor remains one of the strongest labels in the country — with artists such as Girls Aloud, Cheryl Cole, Take That, La Roux, Duffy, Klaxons, Delphic, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Saturdays, James Morrison, Kaiser Chiefs, Boyzone, Alphabeat, The Courteeners, S Club 7, S Club 8, Rachel Stevens and Ellie Goulding. Polydor also has a strong indie roster through the Fiction imprint with acts such as Ian Brown, Bright Eyes, Elbow (band), White Lies, The Maccabees, Kate Nash, Snow Patrol, Filthy Dukes, and Crystal Castles.'