The Travelling Band

Pitched somewhere between the heartfelt U.K. Americana of London's Grand Drive and the dry, sardonic take on the genre of St. Albans' the Broken Family Band, Manchester's the Travelling Band formed in 2006 and made a minor ripple two years later with their debut album, Under the Pavement. A democratic approach to songwriting -- similar to that of their predecessors Teenage Fanclub -- ensured that the individual craftsmanship of multi-instrumentalists Adam P. Gorman, Jo Dudderidge, and Stephen Ballinger was clearly represented on the New York-recorded release. Gorman, Balling...