Scottish band Travis has drifted rather pleasantly on a long and stable career. Starting as an undistinguished band with a glimmer of mass appeal, an atmospheric coincidence helped catapult the band’s second album, The Man Who, into public consciousness. Since then, they’ve enjoyed commercial success as a consistently visible mainstream…

Bob Dylan’s The Band has been an influence on Midlake’s Eric Pulido for years, because that band allowed each musician to have an individual voice. Each took turns leading songs in a round-robin manner, with the others supporting. All the musicians were friends outside of The Band, and had…