Scottish indie heroes Travis are set to write material for their new album on an upcoming tour of America.
Travis formed in Glasgow in the mid 90s, and quickly earned a strong local following. Through hard work and stunning songcraft the band went on to dominate British music in the post-Britpop lull.
Albums such as ‘The Man Who’ are imprinted on the minds of a generation, with Fran Healy becoming a lauded songwriter.
Now releasing material via their own label, Travis returned earlier this year with the album ‘Ode To J Smith’. Released to much acclaim, ClashMusic caught up with the group shortly after to talk about their lasting success.
The band are currently in the United States playing an acoustic tour by in a new interview singer Fran Healy expressed his hope that he could write new material on the dates.
“We’re gonna hopefully write the whole thing, me and Andy (Dunlop) on the bus,” Healy tells
Billboard.
“I like the idea of writing an album going across America. I can kind of write anywhere; mostly I tend to sit in hotel rooms and quiet places, but I’ve written in the loudest, noisiest places imaginable, too.”
“It’s like taking a shit; you can do it anywhere, but sometimes it’s nice to do it in a nice, cozy toilet rather than in the bushes.”
Speaking about the tour, Fran Healy admitted that “to be honest, I don’t know what to expect”.
“I think it’s going to be really special. I have a slide show, sort of a projector screen and a projector, so it’ll look a little like a town hall lecture. That’s the vibe of it. I can’t wait.”
Dubbed ‘An Evening with Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop: A Chronological Acoustical Journey Through the Travis Back Catalogue: Laugh Out Loud Stories, Scottish Accents, Handsome Scottish Men, Naked Torsos’ the tour opens on October 8th.
