Ode To J. Smith – Travis
Twelve years ago, a little-known band from Glasgow paid £600 to record their first single All I Wanna Do is Rock on their own label, which they called Red Telephone Box.
After selling more than ten million albums, they have come a long way.
Musically too Ode to J. Smith shows the band going back to basics. With the guitars cranked up, the new album is noticeably more rocky and edgy than anything they’ve done since their early days.
Front man Fran Healy’s voice may seem as mellifluous as ever but lead guitarist Andy Dunlop certainly lets rip more than before, so that there is a mixture of texture.
There are great tracks in this album, this album has perfect distribution of songs, it has all fired up raw energy tracks as well as really melodic soulful easy listening ones too.
All in all a great album, perfect car album, it will have u pumping and grooving in the day time with tracks like “Something anything”, “Get up” etc and will have you relaxing with tracks like “Last words”, “Friends” and ”Song to self” in the evening.
Definitely a must have!!