Where You Stand

Where You Stand
Studio album by Travis
Released	19 August 2013
Recorded	January 2011 - June 2013 at Ocean Sound Recordings, Giske, Norway[1] and Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin
Genre	Post-Britpop, Alternative rock, Indie rock
Label	Red Telephone Box / Kobalt Label Services
Producer	Michael Ilbert
Travis chronology
Ode to J. Smith (2008) Where You Stand (2013)
Singles from Where You Stand
"Where You Stand" Released: 30 April 2013 "Moving" Released: 1 July 2013 "Mother" Released: 4 November 2013

Where You Stand is the seventh studio album from Scottish rock band Travis, released on 19 August 2013, on their own record label, Red Telephone Box via Kobalt Label Services.^[2] The first single from the album, the self-titled "Where You Stand", was released on 30 April 2013.^[3] It is the band's first new album in five years. Speaking about the band's departure from the spotlight, bassist Dougie Payne said of the release: "You stay away as long as it takes, so you feel that hunger and desire to get back to it same as you did at the start."^[4]

Promotion

Concerts

The band supported the release with a number of live performances, including T in the Park on 13 July 2013, as well as at Sandown Racecourse on 24 July, and at V Festival on 17–18 August 2013, just two days prior to the album's release.

Singles

"Where You Stand" was released as the album's lead single on 30 April 2013. The music video premiered on VEVO the same day. The single was accompanied by the shorter radio mix, which also uses more of an orchestration on the chorus.

"Moving" was released as the second single on 1 July 2013, together with an accompanying music video.^[5]

"Mother" was released as the third single from the album on 4 November 2013.^[6] A music video for the song was released on 15 October 2013.^[7]

Packaging

The album was released in a number of different versions:

• Standard digital release – containing eleven tracks, with registration to access all areas;
• Standard physical release – with eleven tracks, fourteen-page roll-fold booklet and registration to access all areas;
• Deluxe physical release – with thirteen tracks, including bonus tracks "Anniversary" and "Parallel Lines (Daydream)", plus DVD with the making of the album and 'Where You Stand' music video, and registration to access all areas;
• Heavyweight vinyl release – with eleven tracks, registration to access all areas and code for download version of the album;
• Super deluxe box set – including deluxe thirteen track CD album with bonus DVD, heavyweight vinyl release with 11 tracks, code for download version of the album, registration to access all areas, a vinyl sleeve signed by the band, 12" x 12" art photo of the band, T-shirt designed by Fran Healy, all kept in a collector's edition presentation box;
• Special Japanese deluxe edition – with exclusive bonus track "Ferris Wheel".^[8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10[10]
Consequence of Sound	[11]
The Guardian	[12]
The Independent	[13]
The Daily Telegraph	[14]
Slant Magazine	[15]

Where You Stand received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 19 reviews.^[9]

Track listing

Chart performance

Release history

References