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Music | Watch: Travis Oaks’ début music video

A band that haven’t released any material but have played support to three of Ireland’s well-known and loved bands (The Riptide Movement, The Hot Sprockets and The Minutes), Travis Oaks have caught the eyes and ears of many already.

It wasn’t long before NuMu promotions liked what they say, before hooking the four-piece up with producer Barry Murphy and headed for NuMu Production’s Kildare-based studios to record their debut three-track EP due for full release this Autumn 2014.

The video for the EP’s leading track was directed by Luke Sweetman of Little Beast Films (The Hot Sprockets, The Stypes) who created the idea, which can be described as Mad Max meets Apocalypto.

It grabbed my attention immediately, it stood out and it started giving me the itch to create a video that matched its energy. We had a blast making it with some truly fantastic people; a bunch of whom are in the video, it was a night shoot and didn’t start filming till 20:30 and finished at 07:00 the next morning, so I think some of the cast, crew and band’s mad energy rubbed off on the video” said Sweetman.

Travis Oaks came to the attention of many when The Hot Sprockets announced a competition to win support at their Button Factory Album Launch. Travis Oaks submitted their cover of The Hot Sprocket’s ‘Bad Jim’ injecting it with their edgy vibe thus introducing Bad (Ass) Jim, the cover song that won them the slot.