Travis - 10 Songs

It almost feels like bullying to be mean about Travis, tantamount to kicking a puppy.

They are durable, inoffensive and seem like nice guys. There should always be a place for nice guys, and there’s a lot to be said for maintaining the same line-up for a quarter-of-a-century…but by jingo, 10 Songs is dull.

Serendipitously causing the acoustic takeover of British indie during the latter years of the 20th century (turns out they didn’t just want to rock), it’s hard to quantify quite how big the four-piece were before Coldplay stole a large amount of their thunder. Ever since they’ve ploughed on, sporadically reminding us of their songwriting talent with a great single (‘Re-Offender’, ‘Selfish Jean’) or a decent album.

Sadly, 10 Songs is not one of them.

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