Originally Posted by lozm

Fran posted this on the Travis message board a couple of days ago:

 

Hullooooo... well, welly, well. All is well here. Apologies for silencio. We are nearly there mit the neu TRAVIS album. Ooooohhhhh just you wait. Heeheee...man, your frustrated messages are bringing a tear to my almost glass eye.

New Babies are amazing and inspiring. Our wee boy is nearly 5 months old. I haven't played him any Travis music yet. That could be seen as child abuse in some parts. Hahaaa... I have, however, been playing him guitar and singing made up songs that seem to be getting a good reaction. Cue an anomalous vocal gobbldigook 6th album ( the one after next). called Goo. Only your babies will get it though. Also been dancing with him to mostly Motown, Stevie, Diana, Jacksons blah.

Anyways, don't fret. We'll be with you soon.

xfx

 

I have a feeling we're going to get an announcement on the new album very, very soon, hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

 

-----thank you for this post don't really go to their site and thus i also have found that they have gone of my radar.

:)

great news!

i dont have that lyrics,big chair is the best i have heard this year!

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...ACFDD70298C740

5 new songs including big chair,credits to 2007 recommendation thread

 

What happened here? The link doesnt work! :(

 

 

Closer - The BRAND NEW Travis Video

 

Here it is, what you've all been waiting for, the new video for Travis' first single 'Closer' from their forthcoming album, The Boy With No Name. Shot on location in Eagle Rock, Calfornia earlier this year and directed by Michael Baldwin, the video also features a cameo role by long time friend of the band, Ben Stiller.

 

You can view the video online by accessing one of the streams below, don't forget to drop us a note of what you think of the video at Travisonline's forum.

 

Video Broadband streams:

Real: 'Closer'

Windows Media: 'Closer'

 

Video Dial-up streams:

Real: 'Closer'

Windows Media: 'Closer'

 

Closer will be released in the UK on Monday 23rd of April. Format details and tracklistings coming soon.

 

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Can someone rip the video!?? :)

ya...please! and i really want to see it!

h__p://www.sendspace.com/file/fi0mwc

 

 

Enjoy ;)

^ Ooh... Thanks! :D

 

It's funny... the vid reminds me of that Emily Haines video Dr. Blind... except they're exactly opposite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnN0UwSEeeA

FINALLY! although, I thuoght "Big Chair" was gonna be the 1st single.

^^Nah, I think they just let Chris play it, when he was hosting Zane Lowe's show ;)

 

I'm absolutely in love with the Closer video. It's so Travis! Touching, yet not at all corny and funny without being silly. :heart:

What happened here? The link doesnt work! :(

http://www.sendspace.com/file/lz8926

here is big chair ,other 4 tommorow

Travis - Colder

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?fyymynginbj

Travis set for comeback

 

 

“I think there’s always been a place in people’s hearts for us,"" says Travis drummer Neil Primrose (far left)

 

IT'S been more than three and a half years since their last album, but Travis - the band who Chris Martin recently admitted "invented" Coldplay - are about to release their highly-anticipated fifth record, The Boy With No Name.

 

One of Britain's best-loved bands, the four-piece have been rehearsing in a studio behind Pentonville Prison, Caledonian Road, Islington, ahead of an intimate showcase gig at Koko, where they will premiere the new material ahead of a nationwide tour in May.

 

Lead singer and Crouch Ender Fran Healy, drummer Neil Primrose and bassist Dougie Payne are clearly quietly proud of their new album.

 

"I'm not going to sit here and say this is the best record of the past 20 years," says Healy, "But I think we've made a really good album. It feels like we're back."

 

Dougie adds: "Song for song, I think it's stronger than anything we have done. Frannie just seemed to be completely inspired."

 

This is quite a statement from a band who are used to headlining festivals and have sold millions of albums - their 1999 breakthrough The Man Who was bought by one in eight British households.

 

"I thought, 'I need to live,'" explains Fran, "My best songs have always been drawn from experience. So I decided to take time off to be with people I care about, go on holiday, hang out and get away from the intensity of the music business."

 

He adds: "After a time of feeling stuck, we feel like we can do anything. We went through dark places. But we've found our muse."

 

The songs for The Boy With No Name came about over a two-year period of intense bursts of activity with weeks or months off in between, while Fran became a father (the album title comes from the weeks of indecision before calling his son Clay) and the band kept their hand in playing the odd show - 2005's highlight was

 

either playing Live 8, headlining the Isle Of Wight Festival or Fran's solo performance at the annual Crouch End Carol Concert, he says.

 

The 11 tracks on the album are impressively consistent, picked from a total of 42.

 

Neil adds: "Some of the stuff was weird and interesting, more b-side material, other bits are very good, but the way the songs turned out, this is the best collection of songs that seemed to fit together.

 

"There are three or four other really good tracks which seem to lend themselves to something a bit different for the next record.

 

"They are more early-REM-sounding. The lynchpin song was Closer and a couple of others. They are very, I suppose, classic Travis, but all the layering and texturing we have got into and they way we produce ourselves now have sort of informed the whole process.

 

"We have raised the bar for ourselves. There does seem to be a shortage of decent songwriting going on. There seems to be a lot of good music, but there's nothing that's got any substance to it.

 

"There are classic bands and new bands coming up which are good, but there's so much that's so easily attainable that stuff doesn't seem to stay in your head as long.

 

"I think our attention span has gone down as well. I think it's time we all sat down instead of downloading this and that, and listened to a whole album, read a whole book, watched a whole movie.

 

"I think we've tried to make an album that engages you, and you want to listen to the whole thing. It's a 45-minute thing, you can't just dip in and out of it."

 

Coldplay's Chris Martin may have credited Travis with "inventing" his band, but now they are superstars in their own right - and the competition in the charts.

 

"It's funny, they're all doffing their caps to us and saying you inspired us - and that's great," says Neil.

 

"And at the same time they are the competition, but I think with this new record we've come back in our own way, and I think there's always been a place in people's hearts for us.

 

"We've never going be the cool, flash-in-the-pan band, we're in it for the long haul. We're a proper band."

 

* Travis' comeback single Closer is released on April 23, followed by The Boy With No Name on May 7.

 

http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/tottenhamjournal/whatson/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=whatsonmusic&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=whatsontwgj&itemid=WeED14%20Mar%202007%2015%3A14%3A49%3A760

Travis set for comeback

 

 

“I think there’s always been a place in people’s hearts for us,"" says Travis drummer Neil Primrose (far left)

 

IT'S been more than three and a half years since their last album, but Travis - the band who Chris Martin recently admitted "invented" Coldplay - are about to release their highly-anticipated fifth record, The Boy With No Name.

 

One of Britain's best-loved bands, the four-piece have been rehearsing in a studio behind Pentonville Prison, Caledonian Road, Islington, ahead of an intimate showcase gig at Koko, where they will premiere the new material ahead of a nationwide tour in May.

 

Lead singer and Crouch Ender Fran Healy, drummer Neil Primrose and bassist Dougie Payne are clearly quietly proud of their new album.

 

"I'm not going to sit here and say this is the best record of the past 20 years," says Healy, "But I think we've made a really good album. It feels like we're back."

 

Dougie adds: "Song for song, I think it's stronger than anything we have done. Frannie just seemed to be completely inspired."

 

This is quite a statement from a band who are used to headlining festivals and have sold millions of albums - their 1999 breakthrough The Man Who was bought by one in eight British households.

 

"I thought, 'I need to live,'" explains Fran, "My best songs have always been drawn from experience. So I decided to take time off to be with people I care about, go on holiday, hang out and get away from the intensity of the music business."

 

He adds: "After a time of feeling stuck, we feel like we can do anything. We went through dark places. But we've found our muse."

 

The songs for The Boy With No Name came about over a two-year period of intense bursts of activity with weeks or months off in between, while Fran became a father (the album title comes from the weeks of indecision before calling his son Clay) and the band kept their hand in playing the odd show - 2005's highlight was

 

either playing Live 8, headlining the Isle Of Wight Festival or Fran's solo performance at the annual Crouch End Carol Concert, he says.

 

The 11 tracks on the album are impressively consistent, picked from a total of 42.

 

Neil adds: "Some of the stuff was weird and interesting, more b-side material, other bits are very good, but the way the songs turned out, this is the best collection of songs that seemed to fit together.

 

"There are three or four other really good tracks which seem to lend themselves to something a bit different for the next record.

 

"They are more early-REM-sounding. The lynchpin song was Closer and a couple of others. They are very, I suppose, classic Travis, but all the layering and texturing we have got into and they way we produce ourselves now have sort of informed the whole process.

 

"We have raised the bar for ourselves. There does seem to be a shortage of decent songwriting going on. There seems to be a lot of good music, but there's nothing that's got any substance to it.

 

"There are classic bands and new bands coming up which are good, but there's so much that's so easily attainable that stuff doesn't seem to stay in your head as long.

 

"I think our attention span has gone down as well. I think it's time we all sat down instead of downloading this and that, and listened to a whole album, read a whole book, watched a whole movie.

 

"I think we've tried to make an album that engages you, and you want to listen to the whole thing. It's a 45-minute thing, you can't just dip in and out of it."

 

Coldplay's Chris Martin may have credited Travis with "inventing" his band, but now they are superstars in their own right - and the competition in the charts.

 

"It's funny, they're all doffing their caps to us and saying you inspired us - and that's great," says Neil.

 

"And at the same time they are the competition, but I think with this new record we've come back in our own way, and I think there's always been a place in people's hearts for us.

 

"We've never going be the cool, flash-in-the-pan band, we're in it for the long haul. We're a proper band."

 

* Travis' comeback single Closer is released on April 23, followed by The Boy With No Name on May 7.

 

http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/tottenhamjournal/whatson/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=whatsonmusic&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=whatsontwgj&itemid=WeED14%20Mar%202007%2015%3A14%3A49%3A760

Travis set for comeback

 

 

“I think there’s always been a place in people’s hearts for us,"" says Travis drummer Neil Primrose (far left)

 

IT'S been more than three and a half years since their last album, but Travis - the band who Chris Martin recently admitted "invented" Coldplay - are about to release their highly-anticipated fifth record, The Boy With No Name.

 

One of Britain's best-loved bands, the four-piece have been rehearsing in a studio behind Pentonville Prison, Caledonian Road, Islington, ahead of an intimate showcase gig at Koko, where they will premiere the new material ahead of a nationwide tour in May.

 

Lead singer and Crouch Ender Fran Healy, drummer Neil Primrose and bassist Dougie Payne are clearly quietly proud of their new album.

 

"I'm not going to sit here and say this is the best record of the past 20 years," says Healy, "But I think we've made a really good album. It feels like we're back."

 

Dougie adds: "Song for song, I think it's stronger than anything we have done. Frannie just seemed to be completely inspired."

 

This is quite a statement from a band who are used to headlining festivals and have sold millions of albums - their 1999 breakthrough The Man Who was bought by one in eight British households.

 

"I thought, 'I need to live,'" explains Fran, "My best songs have always been drawn from experience. So I decided to take time off to be with people I care about, go on holiday, hang out and get away from the intensity of the music business."

 

He adds: "After a time of feeling stuck, we feel like we can do anything. We went through dark places. But we've found our muse."

 

The songs for The Boy With No Name came about over a two-year period of intense bursts of activity with weeks or months off in between, while Fran became a father (the album title comes from the weeks of indecision before calling his son Clay) and the band kept their hand in playing the odd show - 2005's highlight was

 

either playing Live 8, headlining the Isle Of Wight Festival or Fran's solo performance at the annual Crouch End Carol Concert, he says.

 

The 11 tracks on the album are impressively consistent, picked from a total of 42.

 

Neil adds: "Some of the stuff was weird and interesting, more b-side material, other bits are very good, but the way the songs turned out, this is the best collection of songs that seemed to fit together.

 

"There are three or four other really good tracks which seem to lend themselves to something a bit different for the next record.

 

"They are more early-REM-sounding. The lynchpin song was Closer and a couple of others. They are very, I suppose, classic Travis, but all the layering and texturing we have got into and they way we produce ourselves now have sort of informed the whole process.

 

"We have raised the bar for ourselves. There does seem to be a shortage of decent songwriting going on. There seems to be a lot of good music, but there's nothing that's got any substance to it.

 

"There are classic bands and new bands coming up which are good, but there's so much that's so easily attainable that stuff doesn't seem to stay in your head as long.

 

"I think our attention span has gone down as well. I think it's time we all sat down instead of downloading this and that, and listened to a whole album, read a whole book, watched a whole movie.

 

"I think we've tried to make an album that engages you, and you want to listen to the whole thing. It's a 45-minute thing, you can't just dip in and out of it."

 

Coldplay's Chris Martin may have credited Travis with "inventing" his band, but now they are superstars in their own right - and the competition in the charts.

 

"It's funny, they're all doffing their caps to us and saying you inspired us - and that's great," says Neil.

 

"And at the same time they are the competition, but I think with this new record we've come back in our own way, and I think there's always been a place in people's hearts for us.

 

"We've never going be the cool, flash-in-the-pan band, we're in it for the long haul. We're a proper band."

 

* Travis' comeback single Closer is released on April 23, followed by The Boy With No Name on May 7.

 

http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/tottenhamjournal/whatson/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=whatsonmusic&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=whatsontwgj&itemid=WeED14%20Mar%202007%2015%3A14%3A49%3A760

Travis set for comeback

 

 

“I think there’s always been a place in people’s hearts for us,"" says Travis drummer Neil Primrose (far left)

 

IT'S been more than three and a half years since their last album, but Travis - the band who Chris Martin recently admitted "invented" Coldplay - are about to release their highly-anticipated fifth record, The Boy With No Name.

 

One of Britain's best-loved bands, the four-piece have been rehearsing in a studio behind Pentonville Prison, Caledonian Road, Islington, ahead of an intimate showcase gig at Koko, where they will premiere the new material ahead of a nationwide tour in May.

 

Lead singer and Crouch Ender Fran Healy, drummer Neil Primrose and bassist Dougie Payne are clearly quietly proud of their new album.

 

"I'm not going to sit here and say this is the best record of the past 20 years," says Healy, "But I think we've made a really good album. It feels like we're back."

 

Dougie adds: "Song for song, I think it's stronger than anything we have done. Frannie just seemed to be completely inspired."

 

This is quite a statement from a band who are used to headlining festivals and have sold millions of albums - their 1999 breakthrough The Man Who was bought by one in eight British households.

 

"I thought, 'I need to live,'" explains Fran, "My best songs have always been drawn from experience. So I decided to take time off to be with people I care about, go on holiday, hang out and get away from the intensity of the music business."

 

He adds: "After a time of feeling stuck, we feel like we can do anything. We went through dark places. But we've found our muse."

 

The songs for The Boy With No Name came about over a two-year period of intense bursts of activity with weeks or months off in between, while Fran became a father (the album title comes from the weeks of indecision before calling his son Clay) and the band kept their hand in playing the odd show - 2005's highlight was

 

either playing Live 8, headlining the Isle Of Wight Festival or Fran's solo performance at the annual Crouch End Carol Concert, he says.

 

The 11 tracks on the album are impressively consistent, picked from a total of 42.

 

Neil adds: "Some of the stuff was weird and interesting, more b-side material, other bits are very good, but the way the songs turned out, this is the best collection of songs that seemed to fit together.

 

"There are three or four other really good tracks which seem to lend themselves to something a bit different for the next record.

 

"They are more early-REM-sounding. The lynchpin song was Closer and a couple of others. They are very, I suppose, classic Travis, but all the layering and texturing we have got into and they way we produce ourselves now have sort of informed the whole process.

 

"We have raised the bar for ourselves. There does seem to be a shortage of decent songwriting going on. There seems to be a lot of good music, but there's nothing that's got any substance to it.

 

"There are classic bands and new bands coming up which are good, but there's so much that's so easily attainable that stuff doesn't seem to stay in your head as long.

 

"I think our attention span has gone down as well. I think it's time we all sat down instead of downloading this and that, and listened to a whole album, read a whole book, watched a whole movie.

 

"I think we've tried to make an album that engages you, and you want to listen to the whole thing. It's a 45-minute thing, you can't just dip in and out of it."

 

Coldplay's Chris Martin may have credited Travis with "inventing" his band, but now they are superstars in their own right - and the competition in the charts.

 

"It's funny, they're all doffing their caps to us and saying you inspired us - and that's great," says Neil.

 

"And at the same time they are the competition, but I think with this new record we've come back in our own way, and I think there's always been a place in people's hearts for us.

 

"We've never going be the cool, flash-in-the-pan band, we're in it for the long haul. We're a proper band."

 

* Travis' comeback single Closer is released on April 23, followed by The Boy With No Name on May 7.

 

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You must really like that article. haha.

 

You gotta hate it when that happens.

Haha.. Thanks for the news, Ian! ;)

I'm seeing them at the Hammersmith Apollo in May - Anyone else going?

They just announced a gig in Amsterdam.

I'm there!! :D

I'm seeing them at the Barrowlands in Glasgow. Can't wait, it's gonna be a special one :D

The songs for The Boy With No Name came about over a two-year period of intense bursts of activity with weeks or months off in between, while Fran became a father (the album title comes from the weeks of indecision before calling his son Clay) and the band kept their hand in playing the odd show - 2005's highlight was

Hahahaha! I am listening to Electioneering and that reminds me of a conversation I once had on atease. It was about this Pinkpopp version of Electioneering in which Thom Yorke looked like Clay Aiken, that idol guy... Hahaha, anyway.

 

And then we started making fun of the name Clay. Or at least I did. :laugh3:

 

 

Anyway. Thanks a lot for the article. I listened to some Travis b-sides today and it was very refreshing. :lol: We are monkeys, Baby one more time, Hazy shades of gold, No cigar. :laugh3: Awesome.

 

I actually just wanted to listen to No Cigar, but in the end I listened to some more.

are you fan Ian?

Man, someone ought to talk to that guy about spamming,lol!!:P :lol:

 

Seriously though, There will always be a place in my heart for them...Please make a come back!!!

I'm seeing them at the Hammersmith Apollo in May - Anyone else going?

 

I'm going to the Hammersmith show. Also going to see them at Koko on Tuesday!!!! Can't wait!!!!:D