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Kurt Travis

Kurt Travis is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Heatmiser, Tilian, Counting Crows and Elliott Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Kurt Travis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jonny Craig, City and Colour, The Early November, Minus the Bear and Owen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Kurt Travis, reaching back through Heatmiser. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Kurt Travis is an American singer, musician, and songwriter from Sacramento, California. He is currently part of the post-hardcore bands Royal Coda, A Lot Like Birds, and Push Over and the math rock duo Gold Necklace, and was formerly a vocalist in the post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance.

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Kurt TravisHeatmiserTilianCounting CrowsElliott SmithJonny CraigCity and ColourThe Early NovemberMinus the BearOwenSay AnythingAll Get OutCopeland

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Kurt Travis grew out of Heatmiser, Tilian, Counting Crows and Elliott Smith, shares an orbit with Jonny Craig, City and Colour, The Early November and Minus the Bear. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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