After nearly four years of silence the fifth Travis offer us their unpublished work, The Boys With No Name.
The album marks the return of the band exploring their Scottish roots, after the phase of the controversial and alternative criticatissimo 12 Memories, finding the style and atmosphere of the origins of the late '90s, the enthusiasm associated with new paternity frontman Fran Healy, easily found in the title - alluding ironically to indecision on the name to be chosen for the unborn child - and in the topics covered in some songs. Archived
the gloom, the melancholy and personal vicissitudes of recent years, the band has poured into The Boys With No Name, a joyful state of mind is reflected clearly in the sunshine of twelve ballad featuring warm and enveloping sound particularly refined attention to detail, thanks the help of Nigel Godrich (of Radiohead also had produced), and supported by the excellent test interpretation extremely exciting and inspired by the vocalist.
from engaging incipit given to the soft acoustic ballad 3 Times And You Lose, listening to proceed through the light-hearted pop of driving Selfish Jean Closet and radio, to the more convincing songs of the album, from Battleships in cui la voce di Healy si fa strumento in un insolito falsetto, all’incalzante Eyes Wide Open con le sue chitarre molto rock, a My Eyes dolce benvenuto al nuovo nato che ha già riscosso grandi consensi nelle anticipazioni live.
Ancora momenti suggestivi con la countryeggiante Out In Space e con l’inno d’amore a New York - città d’adozione della band - e agli idoli personali del cantante citati in ordine sparso in New Amsterdam che precede la ghost track Sailing Away, brioso pop che chiude l’album in leggerezza e allegria.
Cinquanta minuti di musica piacevole e raffinata che unisce armoniosamente eleganza e lievità, per il ritorno di gran classe di una band che da sempre preferisce l’impegno e la confidentiality to the clamor of the limelight.
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