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Post by mkoasis on Jun 1, 2013 19:58:12 GMT -5
Really enjoying Where You Stand now. There's another new song of theirs on iTunes as well, "Another Guy". Has a neat feel to it, like the Smashign Pumpkins 1979 but doesnt really go anywhere. Would have been a good bside to Where You Stand though.
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Post by matt on Jun 1, 2013 20:45:43 GMT -5
Recently watched it myself. Loved it. Wish I had been able to see them on that tour. Really looking forward to the new album. Anybody know anything about it other than the first two tasters that were released? Nothing else at the moment, though this (very long) interview with Fran Healy doesn't so much reveal much about the next album, but it is a great article. The interviewer is not much of a fan of Travis and there's an in-depth discussion on 'cerebral' music (e.g. Animal Collective) and 'emotional' music (Travis). Incredibly fascinating article. |
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Post by matt on Jun 2, 2013 21:05:52 GMT -5
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Post by jasroy on Jun 2, 2013 22:15:52 GMT -5
Read that interview and really enjoyed it. Fran is an interesting and engaging guy in my opinion. A very talented songwriter who really retained a genuine everyman quality even after a fair amount of success.
Recently downloaded Ode To J. Smith and really really like it. Would love for the new one to be a mix of The Invisible Band, The Man Who and Ode. Here's to hoping they tour the US to support it.
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Post by ETrilk on Jun 2, 2013 22:48:33 GMT -5
This is wonderful. Didn't even know they had a new record coming out. Saw them open for Oasis the first time I ever saw them in 2000 on the SOTSOG tour.
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Post by jasroy on Jun 2, 2013 22:51:35 GMT -5
same in here in Detroit, they were fantastic.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 19, 2013 21:32:52 GMT -5
Anybody else listen to the new Travis album yet? Surprisingly there are a bunch of top tunes on this release like Mother, Moving, Reminder and Warning Sign. Happy to be listening to Travis again.  |
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Post by RUBIKON on Aug 20, 2013 4:00:20 GMT -5
Buzzing off this new album. Its brilliant. havnt stopped listening to it
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Post by matt on Aug 20, 2013 21:08:40 GMT -5
Got it and I absolutely love it, one of my favourite releases this year. A wee bit more variation in the tunes this time, but essentially still the Travis we know and love.
Since being a ten year old who bought The Invisible Band as my first ever album when it was released all those years ago, they have never failed to charm me. Always like a friend who you never fail to trust, and has stayed true all these years. Likewise, its great to be listening to them again, and enjoy them so much after all this time.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 20, 2013 21:11:09 GMT -5
Got it and I absolutely love it, one of my favourite releases this year. A wee bit more variation in the tunes this time, but essentially still the Travis we know and love. Since being a ten year old who bought The Invisible Band as my first ever album when it was released all those years ago, they have never failed to charm me. Always like a friend who you never fail to trust, and has stayed true all these years. Likewise, its great to be listening to them again, and enjoy them so much after all this time. It is an enjoyable listen for sure. A sunday morning record I think. |
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Post by Gergely on Aug 21, 2013 12:25:03 GMT -5
It's really a joy to listen to. A highlight of the year for me. It's very even songwriting, and of a very good standard. Moving, Reminder and Warning Sign are brilliant.
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Post by eva on Aug 21, 2013 13:28:50 GMT -5
After felling out of love with this band for a while, I was pleasantly surprised with this. Nice album!!
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Post by britishlove on Aug 21, 2013 14:51:58 GMT -5
Anybody else listen to the new Travis album yet? Surprisingly there are a bunch of top tunes on this release like Mother, Moving, Reminder and Warning Sign. Happy to be listening to Travis again. it's exactly what I want from Travis! My personal favorite is 12 memories, and while this album might not have changed the world, it's sitll a nice listen.I got my tix for the Detroit show next month, really looking forward to seeing Fran and the gang again! |
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Post by stzeross on Aug 21, 2013 15:12:52 GMT -5
Travis: Live sessionSunday 25 August 2013 from 11.00pm During Sunday Night Music Club, we'll be featuring tracks from Travis' live session, performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in Edinburgh. www.absoluteradio.co.uk/onair/events/
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Post by matt on Aug 21, 2013 20:05:50 GMT -5
They're the only 90s Britpop/post Britpop act that, for me, are yet to disappoint with an album release. While there's nothing that's 'great', all albums are really really good and all really consistent in high quality. Their albums are similar to Noel's album I feel - not going to set the world alight, but brilliant to listen to nonetheless.
Their consistent output puts the Oasis back catalogue from 2000s onwards to shame, with every Travis album being so far superior to that shoddy output.
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Post by britishlove on Aug 21, 2013 20:22:41 GMT -5
They're the only 90s Britpop/post Britpop act that, for me, are yet to disappoint with an album release. While there's nothing that's 'great', all albums are really really good and all really consistent in high quality. Their albums are similar to Noel's album I feel - not going to set the world alight, but brilliant to listen to nonetheless. Their consistent output puts the Oasis back catalogue from 2000s onwards to shame, with every Travis album being so far superior to that shoddy output. my sentiments exactly...it's nothing earth shattering, but it's a damn good listen. and like Lennon2217 said a great Sunday morning album. I just love Fran's voice and his songwriting. I think they've put out more consistently good albums than most bands around today. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 21, 2013 21:24:48 GMT -5
They're the only 90s Britpop/post Britpop act that, for me, are yet to disappoint with an album release. While there's nothing that's 'great', all albums are really really good and all really consistent in high quality. Their albums are similar to Noel's album I feel - not going to set the world alight, but brilliant to listen to nonetheless. Their consistent output puts the Oasis back catalogue from 2000s onwards to shame, with every Travis album being so far superior to that shoddy output. I always felt "The Invisble Band" was a tad underrated. Also a song like "Pipe Dreams" should have been a single. |
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Post by britishlove on Aug 21, 2013 21:29:24 GMT -5
They're the only 90s Britpop/post Britpop act that, for me, are yet to disappoint with an album release. While there's nothing that's 'great', all albums are really really good and all really consistent in high quality. Their albums are similar to Noel's album I feel - not going to set the world alight, but brilliant to listen to nonetheless. Their consistent output puts the Oasis back catalogue from 2000s onwards to shame, with every Travis album being so far superior to that shoddy output. I always felt "The Invisble Band" was a tad underrated. Also a song like "Pipe Dreams" should have been a single. oh let's have a listen to it! great tune And it all boils down to the same old thing Just a ying and a yang or a couple of pipe dreams |
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Post by mimmihopps on Aug 22, 2013 3:17:28 GMT -5
Travis are one of the bands I still gotta see. Haven't listened to them for ages, but loved their early albums.
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Post by Gergely on Aug 25, 2013 7:33:04 GMT -5
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Post by matt on Aug 26, 2013 14:47:30 GMT -5
Always think that if Keane, Snow Patrol and Mumford and Sons were any good they would sound like Travis. I really like Ode To J Smith but if they used what they had and worked on it more, it would have perhaps been their greatest album. It's much heavier but thankfully doesn't sound so derivative like their other album, the debut Good Feeling (which I never listen to). I agree in that those four songs you mentioned are amongst the finest songs they've done, and live they sound amazing. To think it was written AND recorded in a five week period in total is amazing - bizaare when you think it took Oasis three years to make a mediocre album in Dig Out Your Soul which was released around the same time, yet five weeks Travis churned that out. Some tunes seem half baked, but unusually, that unrefined aspect of the album makes it seem really fresh for Travis. Really interesting, good to see he thinks highly of 12 Memories and I agree with his opinion on The Boy With No Name - it does sound like a collection of singles rather than an album as a whole. 12 Memories is a bit too bleak for some, but it rewards with more listening. If that album was the same as their previous two it would have begun to get a bit stale. Where You Stand is their most complete album since 12 Memories in my opinion. I always feel that an album will have longevity if you listen to it more and it rewards you more rather than gets dull, but I'm still listening to it. Nothing fancy or over the top, just really good songwriting on offer. |
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Post by Gergely on Aug 26, 2013 17:04:51 GMT -5
I agree with about half of Ode To J Smith is... well, underdeveloped. The beginning is amazing (tracks 1-4), I'm not convinced by the middle, but Song To Self and Before You Were Young are very strong at the end. I also think it had the potential of being the best Travis album if worked on more, but that would have been beating the idea of recording it quickly. The Boy With No Name never clicked for me. I still regard 3 Times And You Lose amongst the finest Travis tracks, and I enjoy when a song pops up from it on a playlist, but I never got into it as an album. Also, it was (sound wise) too much of the same maybe. 12 Memories is very up and down for me. Paperclips, How Many Hearts and especially Mid-Life Krysis are amongst my least-liked songs of them, and I didn't think the political songs fit Travis well. Songs like Quicksand, Re-Offender, Love Will Come Through and Happy To Hang Around, on the other hand, are amongst my favourites. Fran's songs about domestic abuse (Re-Offender here, Blue Flashing Light on The Man Who - and maybe Good Day To Die on Good Feeling, though this was never confirmed by Fran) are very powerful. Where You Stand really has something of a timeless quality, I feel. Very even songwriting, good sounds (Moving might be the best Travis ever sounded), melodies that creep into your head. BTW that's how I got into Travis. I stumbled across Why Does It Always Rain On Me? on a local music channel, and the chorus' melody just rang in my brain for days and days. It got so annoying I looked up the band and ordered the album.  Finally I can check them out live as I'll be in London for four days in late October, so I ordered tickets for the Roundhouse gig. |
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Post by matt on Aug 26, 2013 18:55:54 GMT -5
I agree with about half of Ode To J Smith is... well, underdeveloped. The beginning is amazing (tracks 1-4), I'm not convinced by the middle, but Song To Self and Before You Were Young are very strong at the end. I also think it had the potential of being the best Travis album if worked on more, but that would have been beating the idea of recording it quickly. The Boy With No Name never clicked for me. I still regard 3 Times And You Lose amongst the finest Travis tracks, and I enjoy when a song pops up from it on a playlist, but I never got into it as an album. Also, it was (sound wise) too much of the same maybe. 12 Memories is very up and down for me. Paperclips, How Many Hearts and especially Mid-Life Krysis are amongst my least-liked songs of them, and I didn't think the political songs fit Travis well. Songs like Quicksand, Re-Offender, Love Will Come Through and Happy To Hang Around, on the other hand, are amongst my favourites. Fran's songs about domestic abuse (Re-Offender here, Blue Flashing Light on The Man Who - and maybe Good Day To Die on Good Feeling, though this was never confirmed by Fran) are very powerful. Where You Stand really has something of a timeless quality, I feel. Very even songwriting, good sounds (Moving might be the best Travis ever sounded), melodies that creep into your head. BTW that's how I got into Travis. I stumbled across Why Does It Always Rain On Me? on a local music channel, and the chorus' melody just rang in my brain for days and days. It got so annoying I looked up the band and ordered the album. Finally I can check them out live as I'll be in London for four days in late October, so I ordered tickets for the Roundhouse gig. The problem about Travis's hidden tracks such as Blue Flashing Light and Some Sad Song (from 12 Memories) is that they are fantastic, so I can't just access them when I want, I have to wind the final track foward to get them! Blue Flashing Light understandably - far too bleak and not for everyone, especially for such a gentle sounding album like The Man Who. Definitely more powerful when you realise what it's about - Fran's abusive father. Which got me thinking about what Noel Gallagher once said. He said he wrote songs for people to relate to, and successfully he did that, but he said he would never write an autobiographical song like John Lennon's Mother because it's not something he can relate to. Understandable, but in the context of music, songs like Mother or Re-Offender are tunes which help us to understand a subject more readily despite me, in the case of Mother or Re-Offender luckily, never experiencing that. It helps the listener sympathise with such difficult subjects, rather than empathise which Noel does, which is just as important a quality in songs than empathy. It's all the more powerful and just as emotional as a tune which you can relate to. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 26, 2013 21:23:41 GMT -5
I agree with about half of Ode To J Smith is... well, underdeveloped. The beginning is amazing (tracks 1-4), I'm not convinced by the middle, but Song To Self and Before You Were Young are very strong at the end. I also think it had the potential of being the best Travis album if worked on more, but that would have been beating the idea of recording it quickly. The Boy With No Name never clicked for me. I still regard 3 Times And You Lose amongst the finest Travis tracks, and I enjoy when a song pops up from it on a playlist, but I never got into it as an album. Also, it was (sound wise) too much of the same maybe. 12 Memories is very up and down for me. Paperclips, How Many Hearts and especially Mid-Life Krysis are amongst my least-liked songs of them, and I didn't think the political songs fit Travis well. Songs like Quicksand, Re-Offender, Love Will Come Through and Happy To Hang Around, on the other hand, are amongst my favourites. Fran's songs about domestic abuse (Re-Offender here, Blue Flashing Light on The Man Who - and maybe Good Day To Die on Good Feeling, though this was never confirmed by Fran) are very powerful. Where You Stand really has something of a timeless quality, I feel. Very even songwriting, good sounds (Moving might be the best Travis ever sounded), melodies that creep into your head. BTW that's how I got into Travis. I stumbled across Why Does It Always Rain On Me? on a local music channel, and the chorus' melody just rang in my brain for days and days. It got so annoying I looked up the band and ordered the album. Finally I can check them out live as I'll be in London for four days in late October, so I ordered tickets for the Roundhouse gig. The problem about Travis's hidden tracks such as Blue Flashing Light and Some Sad Song (from 12 Memories) is that they are fantastic, so I can't just access them when I want, I have to wind the final track foward to get them! Blue Flashing Light understandably - far too bleak and not for everyone, especially for such a gentle sounding album like The Man Who. Definitely more powerful when you realise what it's about - Fran's abusive father. Which got me thinking about what Noel Gallagher once said. He said he wrote songs for people to relate to, and successfully he did that, but he said he would never write an autobiographical song like John Lennon's Mother because it's not something he can relate to. Understandable, but in the context of music, songs like Mother or Re-Offender are tunes which help us to understand a subject more readily despite me, in the case of Mother or Re-Offender luckily, never experiencing that. It helps the listener sympathise with such difficult subjects, rather than empathise which Noel does, which is just as important a quality in songs than empathy. It's all the more powerful and just as emotional as a tune which you can relate to. "Flashing Blue Light" is one of the BEST songs Travis have ever recorded. It was also the highlight of the set when I saw them open up for Oasis in 2000 at Radio City Music Hall. |
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Post by mkoasis on Aug 26, 2013 21:40:56 GMT -5
Funnily enough, I think I'm the only one who didnt enjoy the album that much. Moving is decent, as is Reminder. Where You Stand is timeless, as its been said, 100% Travis. Another guy, Boxes, On My Wall, New Shoes - all decent but doesnt get me really into it, like their other albums have. Not got into Mother or Warning Sign at all.
That said, I've only listened to it twice. I hope it will grow on me.
Still absolutely love this band though.
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