Travis-The Boy With No Name (2007)
This band has already made five albums and still i’ve never heard of them…is that just me or is it with everybody else? Again SAW brings out another music realease to enjoy. The band have been awarded twice British album of the year at the BRIT awards so i guess thier good, i might just have to check this album out.
Travis is due to release a fifth studio album, The Boy with No Name, on May 7, 2007. Nigel Godrich is the album’s executive producer, while Mike Hedges and Brian Eno have also been involved. The album is named after Healy’s son, Clay, whom Healy and his partner Nora were unable to name until some weeks after his birth. Healy has described the process of making the album as “like coming out of the forest”, and that the band are now “in a good place”, contrasting with the dark mood surrounding 12 Memories.
On the 19th of January, Coldplay’s Chris Martin debuted a new Travis song, “Big Chair,” on Radio 1. Martin commented, “We’re gonna finish with an incredible exclusive, we’re very privileged to play it. It’s a new song by the band Travis, the band that invented my band and lots of others.” Travis played down the importance of the compliment, but admitted to being touched by Martin’s sentiment. The band have since released seven more songs on their official MySpace page.: “Closer”, “Three Times and You Lose”, “Selfish Jean”, “My Eyes”, “Eyes Wide Open”, “Colder” and “Battleships.” At the live pre-album performances, Fran has revealed that “My Eyes” is about his new son whilst “Battleships” refers to his relationship with Nora, having stated after one row he wrote in his diary, “Pah! Relationships! More like battleships!“. Fran also announced that the track “Colder” was written by Dougie. For the track “Closer”, Andy makes use of an e-bow and recently revealed that before making this song he barely knew such a guitar accessory existed.
The album’s first single, “Closer,” is due to be released on April 23, 2007. The music video for the single features a cameo role from actor and friend of the band, Ben Stiller. Stiller plays the role of a supermarket manager.
Track Listings:
1. 3 Times And You Lose
2. Selfish Jean
3. Closer
4. Big Chair
5. Battleships
6. Eyes Wide Open
7. My Eyes
8. One Night
9. Under The Moonlight
10. Out In Space
11. Colder
12. New Amsterdam
Artist : Travis
Album : The Boy With No Name
Label : Independiente
Genre : Indie Rock
Bitrate : 186 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 00:48:47 (65.4MB)
Rls date : 2007-04-16
Store date : 2007-05-08
Release name: Travis-The Boy With No Name-(Promo)-2007-SAW
Links: Homepage, Wikipedia, Torrent
Comments(15)
I’m not the fan of Travis at all still I guess it’s just you.
i never heard of them either but seems alright so ill grab it thanxs guyz!
you never heard about travis?? boy, you missed something
Good shit AJ keep it up
Travis are pretty well known over here in Europe, dont know about the US. Depends on the type of music you´re into, but I think they´re quite good.
Highly recommended. This CD is great, I’d been waiting for this since I heard The Invisible Band.
I’m from Europe and I’ve never heard of Travis and neither has any of my friends.
this band is great
dude, u must’ve heard of them!
Look up for the song called “Sing” by Travis and u’ll remember them in a blink of an eye! Also the video is quite funny (check youtube foir that)
damn it! its funny how u fcuk up the math skill after a few beers
I’ve heard OF them but that’s about it. Can’t say I’ve ever heard a song of theirs, just heard their name in conversations.
Travis has got to be one of the most under appreciated bands of all time.
I am a big fan and have all four of their studio albums (originals) as well as their limited edition lps (well not all of them ..)
Why does it always rain on me, is it because i lied when i was 17……. Thats one of their songs! I think!
Listen to ‘the invisible band’ and ‘the man who’ and avoid their other stuff like the plague… I’ll give this one a listen though as when they do produce a good record, it’s generally VERY good
Never heard of them either, but I’m downloading it as I type this message.
Travis is my favorite band and I am from Romania . So, you can’t tell they are not known in Europe . For the ones who don’t know about them check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who
http://brits.co.uk/winners/2000/
http://brits.co.uk/winners/2002/
This album is great … but I still can’t get enough of “The invisible band” , “The man who” , “12 memories” or “Good felling” . I hope they’ll soon come in Romania too, I would spent a fortune to see them live .