The nice guys of Britpop return after a five-year break with their seventh album Where You Stand. The Travis of the late-'90s and early-'00s were well-versed in effusively uplifting anthems, but 2013 finds Fran Healy and co. with a mature outlook and a hark back to the sunny joyfulness reflected in these more purpose-driven 13 tracks. Opener Mother weaves a thick web of warm acoustic sounds around Healy's uncaged vocal before the Scots return to some semblance of former commercial glories with single Moving providing the hooks.
