Travis have called upon a pair of famous friends for an elegy to their favourite, now shuttered, New York bar.
The Scottish indie rock stars are joined by Coldplay's Chris Martin and The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers on Raze The Bar, their second single previewing their forthcoming album L.A Times, which is set for release on July 12 via BMG.
Discussing his inspiration for the song, Travis frontman Fran Healy says: “There was a great bar in New York City. It didn’t have a name but everyone called it Black and White on account of the black and white striped awning that hung over the entrance. They had poetry nights, great DJs, open mic nights. If you played a show at Irving Plaza or Webster Hall, chances are you ended up at Black and White till the wee small hours. One of the owners, Johnny T, looked after so many artists and bands over the years. If that bar could talk, what a story it would tell.
