Glasgow band Travis has a deluxe reissue of 'The Invisible Band' on the way in December

The successful third album from Scottish rock band Travis, The Invisible Band, is set to be reissued to celebrate its 20th Anniversary. The deluxe edition features the original album remastered with all the original B-sides and a selection of unreleased demos, live sessions and alternate takes— to be released Dec. 3 on Craft Recordings. The band have premiered “Swing,” a previously unheard early working version of their UK top 3 single “Sing,” listen now here.

A special limited-edition 20th Anniversary box set features the material across two CDs and two 180-gram heavyweight, ultra-clear vinyl LPs, cut at London’s Air Studios. The set includes a book with unseen session photography, handwritten lyrics and essays from the band plus contributions from the original producer Nigel Godrich. A limited number of hand-numbered prints, signed by all four of the band, are available via the Travis official store pre-order here.

The Invisible Band will also be reissued on standard black vinyl, available for the first time on the format since its original release. A limited green vinyl pressing is available via independent record stores, as well as a 2-CD standard edition.

Fans can see the quartet during The Invisible Band in Concert tour across North America and the United Kingdom in April/May 2022. This marks the first time the album will be played in full, plus material from 2020’s 10 Songs and more from the group's extensive catalogue of hits. Tickets for the UK dates are available now; existing tickets to UK dates remain valid. The US tour general on-sale is Oct. 8: here.

Frontman Fran Healy says, “The Invisible Band is 20!! I hadn’t listened to the whole album for a while. It’s a lovely piece of work from the big singles like ‘Sing’ and ‘Flowers in the Window’ to ‘Afterglow’ and ‘Last Train’. It sounds great at 20! We’re also taking it on the road. We’re really looking forward to playing live again.”

Andy Dunlop (guitar) recalls, “Making the first post-success album is never going to be easy. Suddenly pressures and expectations sit on the shoulders of an already creatively challenging process. But things shouldn’t be easy, and all the best things very rarely are.”

Returning to the studio with UK multi-platinum predecessor The Man Who’s co-producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck, Paul McCartney), Neil Primrose (drums) says, “Recording at Ocean Way Studios, seeing what LA had to offer while staying at the Chateau Marmont [has] left strong memories.”

Lead single “Sing” remains the band’s highest-charting single in the UK (No.3), while its follow-ups, “Side” and “Flowers in the Window,” helped The Invisible Band to match its predecessor’s No.1 position in the UK album chart, while taking Travis into the US Top 40 and Top 10 in Germany, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Italy and Norway.

Dougie Payne (bass) says, “from a distance of 20 years, lovely memories do come back.”

On getting to revisit the album with a tour, frontman Healy remarked, "To support the re-issue of The Invisible Band on vinyl on its 20th birthday we are bringing it all back home... well, home to where the album was recorded, with a tour of the US. It's been such a long time since we toured America. We cannot wait to get out there and play the album live. I was asked the other day what the gig would be like. I said ‘Imagine taking your album out and placing it on the turntable and suddenly all the lights go out and the wall of your living room opens up, and there is Travis, playing it live, for you, with beautiful lights and stories and then once we play the album we throw in a bunch of hits. Then the wall closes and you think damn, I burnt my dinner.’ Like I said we can't wait. The Pandemic has been hard for all musicians so this will be a tour to remember."

Visit TravisOnline.com for ticket information.

US TOUR DATES 2022

04/05 Dallas, TX - Majestic
04/06 Austin, TX – ACL Live @ Moody Theatre
04/08 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
04/09 Los Angeles, CA – The Orpheum Theatre
04/10 San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
04/12 Seattle, WA - Neptune
04/15 Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
04/16 Chicago, IL – Park West
04/18 Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
04/20 Boston, MA – The Orpheum Theatre
04/21 New York City, NY – Terminal 5
04/22 Philadelphia, PA - Keswick
04/23 Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
04/25 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
04/26 Indianapolis, IN – Old National Centre

The Invisible Band 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition box set track list

CD1: Original Album (2021 Remaster)

1. Sing
2. Dear Diary
3. Side
4. Pipe Dreams
5. Flowers In the Window
6. The Cage
7. Safe
8. Follow The Light
9. Last Train
10. Afterglow
11. Indefinitely
12. The Humpty Dumpty Love Song

CD2: B-Sides & Bonus Tracks

1. Ring Out The Bell
2. Killer Queen
3. You Don't Know What I'm Like
4. Beautiful
5. Driftwood (Live at Barrowlands)
6. All The Young Dudes (Live at Barrowlands)
7. You're A Big Girl Now
8. Ancient Train
9. Here Comes The Sun (Live)
10. A Little Bit Of Soul
11. Central Station
12. No Cigar
13. Swing *
14. Flowers In The Window (Acoustic) *
15. Dear Diary (Demo) *
16. Last Train (Demo) *
17. Sing (Live on BBC) *
18. Flowers In The Window (Live on BBC) *
[*previously unreleased]