The Boy With No Name - Travis

Travis isn't one of the most popular bands around but everyone knows who they are. Their most popular song is Why Does it Always Rain On Me. They are an alternative rock band and are originally from Glasgow. This is their fifth album and they released another last September called Ode to J. Smith. Their other famous songs include Sing, Side, Driftwood, Turn and many others. They also played at the Live 8 concert. They recently cameoed in the hit film Son of Rambow as teachers similar to the ones they played in the video of Driftwood. My favourite tracks from this album are: (1) 3 times and you lose, a slow intro flows into a great song. Typical ...  Read the complete review

Oh Travis, where have you gone? I have loved them since the very first listen of "All I Wanna Do Is Rock", have seen them live 3 times in their first few years and have most of their early singles, and hoped for a return to form after the disappointing previous album. Boy, I was disappointed. Fran Healy has one of the most beautiful voices in indie music, and i can't fault it on this album, but the music, tunes and words are just falling short. Selfish Jean is a great tune, fun lyrics and brilliant turns of phrases but is just too reminiscent of Queen's "Killer Queen" to me. The only other track i liked on the album was "My Eyes" which ...  Read the complete review

Still as inspiring as the day Travis were brought to mass media attention in Britain, with a little help from Melody Maker & NME. The Boy With No Name is pure relief to the modern man that a band will overcome the fight between critiques, who unless your Weller, then you must mix it up, make yourselves into a new modem band playing with 'the mixing and sampling of genres topped with Indie Jelly tots to keep it sweet. This is no doubt pressure thanks to their managements 24 months contract tariff and a makeover by the latest professional stylists.
Closer took Travis to their early days, which saw the birth of Why Does It Always Rain On Me, a pure ...  Read the complete review

Glasgow Band Travis are back with their latest album "The Boy with no Name" , After a couple of musically quiet years , Fran and the boys have returned to take back their place of Scottish Pop-Rockers at the top of the album chart. I've always had a soft spot for Travis, being a scottish lad myself I gave them a chance instantly and their album "The man who" was truly wonderful. So how good is the new one? Well i'd say it's not quite to the standard of the aforementioned album, it's still very good For me the standout tracks are 'Closer' , this was the first single and I heard it on the radio around the ...  Read the complete review

I have been a fan of Travis from the beginning. I do believe that they have created some of the best music, and overtake most bands. I did anticipate getting hold of this album, and i have to admit, that i was not disappointed! When i fisrt heard 'Closer', which was the first single off the album, i was not that convinced. It seemed a little 'off the way' for Travis and was hoping that the rest of the album did not follow in the singles footsteps. When i first listened to the album there were certain tracks that i took to instantly such as '3 Times And You Lose', 'Under The Moonlight' and 'Big Chair'. Some of the tracks did take me a little longer to ...  Read the complete review