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Fran Healy (vocals), 26; Dougie Payne (bass), 27; Andy Dunlop (guitar), 28; Neil Primrose (drums), 28
In an era of skull-grinding metal and horror-show hip-hop, this Scottish quartet's winsome, yearning, jangling tunes about driftwood and rain provide a lovely shelter from the storm.
Work ritual
Travis songs may sound sweet, but they have quasi-scatalogical origins. "We call it the desire to have a good bowl movement," Healy says when asked about the gossamer mysteries of songwriting. "You could be in a supermarket. You could be sitting in a cinema. And you feel this mad urge; it's the same as needing to to go the toilet. But it's not in your bladder. It's higher up--in your chest or your head. You just play and play and play and hopefully something pops out."
Hey, this band isn't afraid of getting all warm and fuzzy: Healy instantly picks It's a Wonderful Life. "I love the whole idea of this really selfless man and how this angel comes down and shows him what his life would be like if he weren't here.
Aim high, right? "Stanley Kubrick or Picasso or F. Scott Fitzgerald," Healy says.
Michael J. Fox, TLC, and...Tom Cruise. "Love him or hate him, he's IT," says Healy.
"What's that Chinese saying? 'May you live in interesting times.' The bastard in me wishes that something interesting might happen."
Will kick off a west coast tour in July; headlining several European festivals.
June 30, 2000
Photography: Valerie Phillips
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