Another Guy

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"Another Guy"
Travis - Another Guy.jpg
Song by Travis
from the album Where You Stand
Released20 March 2013
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:38
Label Red Telephone Box
Songwriter(s) Fran Healy

"Another Guy" is a song by Scottish alternative rock band Travis. The song was released onto their official website on 20 March 2013 as a pre-single teaser for their seventh studio album, Where You Stand . [1]

Music video

A lo-fi music video for the song, shot on VHS, [1] was helmed by German feature director Wolfgang Becker and cinematographed by Jürgen Jürges. It was released onto YouTube on 20 March 2013. [2] Nick Knight of Promo News wrote: "It’s a wonderfully absurd comedy exploring a dynamic of crumbling love and trust between the members of Travis, the catalyst being the presence of another guy who happens to be played with a certain level of menace by the director himself." [3]

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References

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  3. "Travis 'Another Guy' by Wolfgang Becker". Promo News. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2013.