Glasgow’s multiple BRIT and Ivor Novello-winning band Travis have embarked on their 2025 North American Raze The Bar Tour. Travis perform locally at 9:30 Club on Wednesday, Feb. 19!
Recently, Travis also released a new track “Avalon” that was recorded during the studio session for their most recent critically acclaimed album, LA Times. Lead singer Fran Healy shared the below about the new track.
Fran said, “I owned a small sailing boat for a couple of years while in LA and wrote some songs in it. ‘Avalon’ is one of those songs. ‘Valentine’ on ’10 Songs’ was another. So, Catalina island is an island off the coast of Los Angeles. Its main port is called Avalon and is a sailing destination from LA, so I was determined to sail there. At the time of writing the song, I was learning all about the terminology of sailing and so the first verse talks of ‘clews’ and ‘head’ and ‘foot’… The second verse mentions the ‘first mate’ and ‘the captain’ and ‘hard-a-lee,’ which is when a boat makes a turn into the wind. In the song, the real place of Avalon becomes mythologized and the journey to it, taking 14 years, is a nod to part of our journey as a band and the realization that the destination, this mythological place, was in reality, the journey all along.”
Stream “Avalon” by Travis on YouTube:
LA Times is the band’s 10th studio album, produced by Tony Hoffer (Air, Beck, Phoenix), and it sees Travis stepping into a bold new era. Largely inspired by Fran’s experiences living in Los Angeles, the new album is an in-depth exploration of displacement and finding oneself in a new environment. Stand-out tracks include “Home,” “Gaslight,” and “Raze The Bar,” where Travis is joined by Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Brandon Flowers of The Killers, supplying additional vocals on the track — a measure of the esteem in which Travis is still held by the bands who emerged in their wake.
Travis
W/ Akira Galaxy
9:30 Club
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Doors @ 7pm
$47
All ages
