You can't sell as many records as Travis have without dividing opinion.
Like most bands that smash through the commercial ceiling — 1999's breakthrough second album "The Man Who" sold 2.7 million copies in the U.K. alone — the Scottish four-piece count as many scorn pourers as they do devotees to their radio-friendly indie-rock.
Not that singer-songwriter Fran Healy is bothered. "Aye, it's always been like that," the Glaswegian tells me from his Berlin home. "Something happened to me the other day which summed it up. I sang (signature tune) "Why Does it Always Rain on Me?" on the radio, and it was magical, a real moment. I opened my eyes and the presenter was crying.