Travis have referred to as upon a couple of well-known buddies for an elegy to their favorite, now shuttered, New York bar.
The Scottish indie rock stars are joined by means of Coldplay’s Chris Martin and The Killers frontman Brandon Flora on Raze The Bar, their 2nd unmarried previewing their coming near near album L.A Occasions, which is ready for unencumber on July 12 by the use of BMG.
Discussing his inspiration for the track, Travis frontman Fran Healy says: “There was once a super bar in New York Town. It didn’t have a reputation however everybody referred to as it Black and White as a result of the black and white striped awning that hung over the doorway. That they had poetry nights, nice DJs, open mic nights. In the event you performed a display at Irving Plaza or Webster Corridor, chances are high that you ended up at Black and White until the wee small hours. One of the vital house owners, Johnny T, taken care of such a lot of artists and bands through the years. If that bar may communicate, what a tale it will inform.
“Throughout the pandemic, their landlord refused to barter a discounted hire they usually needed to shut. So, in the course of the night time, they became up with a truck and got rid of each unmarried hint and fixture of the bar. Then they white washed the entire area so it might by no means be repeated. Raze the Bar is a track a few fictional ultimate night time within the bar. Johnny is in there, Jack, Richard and Johnny’s brother and bar co-owner Chris. The cameos had been nearly an afterthought! I simply referred to as Chris Martin in a little bit of a panic as a result of I couldn’t determine what the observe series will have to be. When Chris heard it, he was once like, ‘That track is the most efficient factor you’ve ever written!’ And since he and Brandon Flora each reside moderately close to…”
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Healy describes his band’s new report as “our maximum private album since The Guy Who”, their 2nd album, launched in 1999, which has now offered nearly 3 million copies in the United Kingdom by myself. Travis’ frontman has been residing in Los Angeles for the previous decade.
