Tired of non-stop touring and hurting for inspiration, The Cranberries hung up their guitars in 2003. Nine years on, the Irish rockers say the chemistry came right back for their new album ‘Roses’. The quartet shot to fame in the 1990s with hits like ‘Linger’ and ‘Zombie’ lifted by the powerful voice of singer Dolores O’Riordan. By 2003, two years after releasing their album ‘Wake Up and Smell the Coffee’, they had hit a dead end. They went their separate ways. ‘Roses’, the album born of their recent recording sessions, is instantly recognisable as the work of The Cranberries, with soft, airy melodies backing up O’Riordan’s distinctive voice. “I think this breathing comes from the fact we have a chemistry, which came back immediately,” said drummer Fergal Lawler.