Healy on upcoming Travis album

Fran Healy has been rambling on about some of the inspirations behind upcoming fourth album '12 Memories' - and the impact of both personal and world events on the band: "In the past Nora, my fiancée, inspired a lot of the songs about love. But we're solid now so I felt it I could move on. September 11 was the start of something. I can now see how fragile the world is. We hadn't anticipated the success of 'The Man Who' and by the time of 'The Invisible Band' little cracks were beginning to appear. Suddenly we weren't this little band in Glasgow any more. We desperately needed to take a step back and re-evaluate. Neil's accident was devastating and almost the end of Travis. This band would not exist without one of the four members. Neil's recovery was amazing, we were all given another chance."