album of the day: The Boy with No Name
Artist: Travis
Album: The Boy with No Name
A return to the days of The Man Who form by Fran Healy and the lads in Travis. The Man Who was one of my favourite records back in 1999. Songs like Driftwood, Writing To Reach You, Why Does It Always Rain on Me? and Turn received countless spins in the CD player.
The first single is called Closer. It’s good but there are better tracks on the disc. When I played Big Chair on the drive home it was the first time in a long time that the better half has interrupted me to ask “who’s this playing”. A good sign for the appeal of the record.
Here’s the video for Closer:
The disc comes out in early May. When it does, we be sure to check out:
The Big Chair
Selfish Jean
Battleships
Listen to Travis on Yahoo! Music Unlimited.
I’ll leave you with an old favourite. It’s Travis covering Britney Spears’ “Hit Me Baby (One More Time)” at Glastonbury in 2000.
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