The yearning voice and sullen temperament behind the languid and lush Scottish outfit Travis, Fran Healy has been laying low of late. The primary task on his to-do list: commune with his diverse surroundings while recording his first solo effort in New York, Vermont and (mostly) Berlin. Whether the new Wreckorder (Ryko) benefits from that far-flung trio of locales—or guest appearances from Neko Case and Paul McCartney—is largely irrelevant to anyone who’s not already smitten by Healy’s majestically restrained brand of mope-rock understatement. The 10-song collection occasionally recalls the quieter moments on the already-pretty-quiet The Invisible Band, Travis’ 2001 LP. Only here, Healy turns even more insular as he’s left to stew in his own introspective juices. Healy will be guest-editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him.
Healy: I like to run. I began running when I was 15. Running preferences: I like to know where I’m running. I don’t listen to music when I run; it is very disorientating. I run about five to seven miles. I did a run on Monday morning in ice-cold torrential rain. I thought I might get pneumonia, but I survived. My favourite run is up the West Side Highway in Manhattan from Canal Street to 35th Street and back—and also to run round my local park in Berlin Friedrichshain.
Video after the jump.
One reply on “Travis’ Fran Healy Is Happy To Hang Around: Running”
@ tips: Buy The Zen of Running book, and secondly, running is murder on your knees and they will probably be fucked up later on in your life.