Travis have recorded around twenty songs for new album

Travis bassist Dougie Payne has revealed that the band have recorded some twenty songs for the follow up to 2003's rather good '12 Memories'. Payne writes: "We're working in a place called The Hospital. The studio is in a building that houses a members club, two restaurants a TV studio and most dangerously of all a martini bar. Thankfully the studio part is on the top floor, nicely separated from all the temptations. We've got about 20 songs recorded. This includes stuff we did in Westside earlier in the year and one tune goes back to the sessions we did with Eno last December. We've got two weeks in here this time around and reckon most of the time will be spent finishing off those things that need more work but we decided to start off the session with trying a new song. This is one written by our friend Suzie Hugg. We've recorded a couple of her songs before (Reason and Unbelievers were both B sides a few of years ago). She is a great writer."