Travis is releasing a new track, "Avalon", recorded during the studio
session for their most recent critically acclaimed album, "L.A. Times".
Lead singer Fran Healy shared the new track and commented: .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. The band’s 10th studio album, produced by Tony
Hoffer and sees Travis stepping into a bold new
era. Largely inspired by Fran’s experiences living in Los Angeles, the
new album explores an in-depth exploration of displacement and finding
oneself in a new environment
No hay comentarios.:
Publicar un comentario