Summary from 10 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Travis's catalog across 9 albums from 10 opinions, with an overall average of 6.5/10. The top-rated Travis album is Follow (2023) with a 8.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by The Man Who and L.A. Times. The discography on Wavelength spans 1998 to 2024.
The Man Who
“"Every day I wake up and it's Sunday," Fran Healy exhales to begin *The Man Who*. This lazy day mood stretches throughout Travis' sophomore release. The tunes stay in their sweats and don't get around to showering until 5:45pm-- fifteen minutes before the pizza arrives. The tunes flip through football and golf. Healy sounds like he's spilling his soul to an empty cabin after 13 hours of sleep. Che”
The Invisible Band
“I look around the room-- a gymnasium moonlighting as a convention center. Needless to say, this is my first "trad-rock" convention (I lost a card game at *Pitchfork* HQ). The gym is packed with 17-year-old British boys (I threw the game) cheering with youthful enthusiasm. I take a quick survey of the t-shirts in the room-- Ocean Colour Scene, Travis, Kula Shaker, and Oasis. One boy sports the word”
10 Songs
“wistful, nostalgic indie that sums up the global mood”
The Boy With No Name
“The melodramatic Glaswegians return, with Nigel Godrich in tow, for their first album since 2003's iffy 12 Memories.”
12 Memories
“Circumstance and pedigree once conspired to march Coldplay and Travis down the aisle of America's radio waves and top ten countdowns hand-in-hand, on the strength of a few catchy singles. Though always mentioned in the same breath-- even to this day-- I find myself wondering now whether the two bands were ever really that similar, or if lazy music journalists (ahem) just conspired to propel a none”
Ode To J. Smith
“After the comeback-via-throwback of The Boy With No Name, Travis go back even further into their history with its quick follow-up-- namely, to the first song on their first record: "All I Wanna Do Is Rock".”
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