A Scottish group whose melodic Britpop songs like 'Sing' became late-'90s fixtures.
If you want the Travis sound, 'Sing' and 'Flowers In The Window' are good places to start. They're both from that early 2000s period where their melodies just clicked.
Travis mattered because they wrote songs that felt simple and direct, without a lot of fuss. 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me' from 'The Man Who' became one of those tunes people just knew, a kind of shared sigh in the rain. They weren't trying to reinvent anything, just make guitar music that stuck around.
They started in Glasgow in 1990 and put out 'Good Feeling' in 1997. 'The Man Who' in 1999 got them noticed, and they followed it with 'The Invisible Band' a couple years later. After guitarist Andy Dunlop left in 2004, they kept going as a trio, later making records like 'Ode to J. Smith'.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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