 In October 2009, Lightbody in his blog on Snow Patrol's website revealed the members of the group to be Richard Colburn (of Belle & Sebastian), Iain Archer, singer Miriam Kaufmann (Archer's wife), and Jacknife Lee.He talked about two more members whom he was very excited about, but didn't name them.He also stated that the album won't be country as was being reported, but would be "country-tinged".