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8.0
57792
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If staying true to yourself and writing an impeccable collection of songs that make the world that we know glow in a translucent blue hue is wrong, I don’t wanna know what’s right
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8.0
57793
8.0 |
Clash
New fans will not be won, but the initiated will be delighted
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8.0
57796
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Fran Healy sings with unstrained sweetness of tone – no instrumental pyrotechnics allowed to gatecrash
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8.0
57798
8.0 |
Q
Finds the quartet catching up with themselves and displaying real depth and maturity. Print edition only
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8.0
57803
8.0 |
The Independent
It's the tiredness of the songwriting that cripples Where You Stand
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8.0
57888
8.0 |
All Music
It's heartening to hear them reconnect with some of the wilder aspects that informed their earliest records
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7.5
57941
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Where You Stand is both a compelling reintroduction to those who grew up (but may have lost touch) with Travis and comfort food for longtime fans
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7.0
57936
7.0 |
PopMatters
If Where You Stand isn’t Travis’s best album, then I feel justified in saying that it at least feels like a(n almost) perfect little Travis album
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7.0
57937
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Where You Stand picks up where you last left them – no matter where that was along the way
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7.0
57975
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Those who weren’t into Travis in the past aren’t going to follow suit
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7.0
58081
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Through circumstances good and bad, Travis is still here, and, from the sound of it, they’re a better band for it
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6.0
57791
6.0 |
The Guardian
The fanbase will be overjoyed to have them back
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6.0
57949
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
If the five years since their last album has been too long for you, be glad that Where You Stand stands on its own two feet
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6.0
57828
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Travis are still doing what Travis have always done: knocking out middle-of-the-road, mildly melancholic, Radio-2-friendly pop-rock
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6.0
57852
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Healy's voice got right into my heart. It doesn't surface all the time, but there's a kind of magic in their gentle universality
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6.0
57855
6.0 |
musicOMH
A collection of brilliantly composed melodies that just lack the gravitas to lift them higher
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6.0
57799
6.0 |
Uncut
Fran Healy writes music of subtle gesture, apparently allergic to anything that might come across as excess showiness. Print edition only
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6.0
57800
6.0 |
Mojo
Healy's voice is still a trusty conduit of wistfulness and euphoria. Print edition only
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6.0
57794
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
In an era when nearly every other artist seems content with mining its narrow niche, happy to have its own little choir to preach to, there's genuine nobility in the way Travis is still trying to wrap its arms around the world
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4.0
57795
4.0 |
The Scotsman
There’s no wham-bam about their songwriting and if you are already a fan, you may simply slip back into an undemanding appreciation of their easy listening style
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3.0
58070
3.0 |
Under The Radar
It's clear Where You Stand is valiantly trying to capture that Good Feeling again, but some things just disappear along with your youth
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2.0
57998
2.0 |
God Is In The TV
It certainly doesn’t have any redeeming facets
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2.0
57885
2.0 |
The Arts Desk
This is dull, predictable music for squares
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