Travis Make New "Memories"

Scottish rock combo Travis' fourth album, 12 Memories, is slated for an October 14th release, two years after their last batch of new songs, The Invisible Band.

The eleven-track album was recorded in the band's native Scotland earlier this year and mixed by engineer Tchad Blake (Sheryl Crow, Tom Waits) at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in Wiltshire, England.

Memories' first single, "Re-Offender," addresses the issue of domestic violence. The band shot a video in Glasgow with photographer/director Anton Corbijn, which can be viewed at travisonline.com.

Track list for 12 Memories:
Quicksand
The Beautiful Occupation
Re-Offender
Peace the Fuck Out
How Many Hearts
Paperclips
Somewhere Else
Love Will Come Through
Mid-life Krysis
Happy to Hang Around
Walking Down the Hill

Travis tour dates:
10/21-22: New York, Beacon Theater
10/23: Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
10/25: Upper Darby, PA, Tower Theater
10/26: Boston, Orpheum Theater
10/28: Chicago, Riviera Theater
10/29: Detroit, State Theater
10/31: Toronto, Hummingbird Center

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Song Stories

“Help Me”

Joni Mitchell | 1974

Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded this song for her album Court and Spark, but she had to switch from her regular band to make the song sound exactly the way she wanted. "I had attempted to play my music with rock & roll players," she told Rolling Stone. "They’d laugh, 'Awww, isn't that cute? She's trying to teach us how to play.'" Mitchell switched to a jazz band, Tom Scott’s L.A. Express, and scored the biggest hit of her career in the process.

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