Snow Patrol is a GREAT band, one of many good ones to come from Britain lately (Placebo comes to mind as another great example)...
I was a big fan of them before hearing the Chasing Cars song. While that one is alright, I prefer their other stuff.
Check out this live performance of Set Fire to the Third Bar, for instance:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FLz6vI4qzeU