The The Invisible Band [20th Anniversary Edition]

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:	01/07/2022
Label:	Concord / Craft Recordings
UPC:	0888072159402

Album Credits

Performance Credits

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

Technical Credits

Stefan Ruiz   Photography
Dougie Payne   Composer
Jon Bailey   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Darren Nash   Assistant Engineer
Fran Healy   Composer
Francis Healy   Composer
Freddie Mercury   Composer
George Harrison   Composer
Jason Falkner   Mastering
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
Travis   Producer
Steve Orchard   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,String Engineer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Douglas Payne   Composer