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Travis
American music writers may instinctively dash off Radiohead comparisons with any British rock band with intelligent lyrics, but Scottish indie rock band Travis are far too important, both commercially (2 million UK copies sold, which to put in perspective is almost one-and-a-half times what Britney Spears sold...
Unlike their tour mates, Travis never goes in for loud stadium-rocking tunes. The Man Who was named after an Oliver Sacks book on synaesthesia, the condition in which senses are confused so that one can "hear" colors, for instance, and Fran Healy's vocals on the album are so...
The members of Travis are apparently fun-loving Scots in real life: they do a hilarious cover of Spears' "Baby One More Time" when they perform live. But this album eschews all those hijinks and succeeds in being perfectly, poignantly heartbreaking. A -Daryl Sng
--Travis St. Clair '01