The Invisible Band

by Travis

Overview

After the momentous success achieved with their sophomore effort (The Man Who), Travis' return to melodic rock & roll with The Invisible Band is once again personal and earnest. Having spent most of 2000 supporting Oasis and playing their own headlining gigs in the States, Travis remained humble while collecting a dozen solid tracks for another album, most of them plucked from Fran Healy's own humming and tinkering around with an acoustic. The Invisible Band finds Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck, Neil Finn) mixing and mastering again, and vulnerability found within these songs is what makes Travis a decent band. They are not afraid to be catchy and they're certainly suckers for a sweet love tune. But Travis is conscious of the unconscious and reflects any kind of lyrical emotion. Debut single "Sing" is charming while addressing inhibitions within a relationship. The banjo is a nice touch, for it becomes a mainstay throughout and adds a slightly different touch versus the simplicities of an acoustic. "Side" and "Flowers in the Window" are instantly endearing with their Beatlesque hooks, but "The Humpty Dumpty Love Song" is Travis' finest moment of musical clarity with Healy's heart on his sleeve. Written while on tour with Oasis, "The Humpty Dumpty Love Song" reflects a hero's fading fervor of love lost -- "All the kings horses and all the kings men/Couldn't pull my heart back together again/All the physicians and mathematicians too/Failed to stop my heart from breaking in two." Indeed, Travis is the basic man's poets and The Invisible Band plays toward the simplicities of humility. They've done it again, but with more internal charisma. The Man Who took them from indie angst to melodic humdrum. The Invisible Band perfects the ever-changing growth within the band for something great. ~ MacKenzie Wilson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/28/2012
Label:	Independiente
UPC:	5099750305027
Rank:	195331

Tracks

1. Sing
2. Dear Diary
3. Side
4. Pipe Dreams
5. Flowers In The Window
6. Cage
7. Safe
8. Follow The Light
9. Last Train
10. Afterglow
11. Indefinitely
12. Humpty Dumpty Love Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Travis   Primary Artist
Douglas Payne   Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Fran Healy   Piano,Guitar,Lead Vocals
Francis Healy   Guitar,Vocals
Jason Falkner   Vocals (Background),Piano,Keyboards
Andy Dunlop   Banjo,Piano,Guitar,Vocals
Millennia   Strings
Jason Faulkner   Piano
Millennia Strings   Strings
Dougie Payne   Guitar (Bass)
Neil Primrose   Drums
Jeremy Proctor   Keyboards
Steve Orchard   Strings

Technical Credits

Jason Falkner   Mastering
Steve Orchard   Producer,String Engineer,Mixing,Engineer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Fran Healy   Composer
Joby Talbot   Arranger,String Arrangements
Darrell Thorp   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Assistant Engineer
David Bowie   Composer
Andy Dunlop   Composer
Nigel Godrich   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer,Assistant Engineer,Recording Producer
Stefan Ruiz   Photography
Dougie Payne   Composer
Jon Bailey   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Darren Nash   Assistant Engineer
Francis Healy   Composer
Travis   Producer
Douglas Payne   Composer
Freddie Mercury   Composer
George Harrison   Composer