New Travis
New Travis what? Is there a new video? Or a new album? Or a new sound?
Yes.
That is right, I am bringing you a fairly new video for the single “Something Anything” off of the new album coming out later this month called Ode to J. Smith. And it has a pretty different sound than anything I’ve heard from them in the past. It has a much harder sound than what we’re used to from these guys. The video is nothing to get excited about. But just getting to hear a new Travis tune and knowing that an album will shortly follow is exciting enough in itself.
Travis – Something Anything (removed 2/13/09)
And here is a pseudo cover song of Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know.” This is a fun little tune that they wrote for their appearance on the Mark and Lard show.
Travis – After Mark and Lard Go (removed 2/13/09)
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My feeling is that they’re using the video to try and explain the new hard sound. I kinda like it. I also like the fact that he’s distressed after the solo, as if he doesn’t know whether people will like it or not.
Nice use of existential angst in a non-overt, non-cloying way. The sound isn’t unique, but the fact that they’re well-grounded while doing that sound is nice to see.
I think the video is more remarkable than the song, actually.