Kurt Travis brings Anywhere’s Better to Bad Astronaut

The former Dance Gavin Dance and A Lot Like Birds singer plays Bad Astronaut Brewing Co. on Thursday, Nov. 12, touring his third solo album with Mella and Resilia.

There's a particular kind of post-hardcore fan who can tell you exactly which era of which band they came in on. For a lot of them, Kurt Travis's voice is part of the answer. Next Thursday he's bringing a new record to a brewery warehouse north of downtown.

Kurt Travis plays Bad Astronaut Brewing Co., 1519 Fulton St., on Thursday, Nov. 12, with Mella and Resilia. Radiation Productions is presenting it. Doors are at 6 p.m. and the music starts at 7. StubWire lists general admission at $28, $33.50 on the day, and the show is all ages.

The reason for the tour is the record. The tour copy bills the run as a celebration of Travis's third full-length release, and a retailer listing has him signed to Born Losers Records with a new solo album, Anywhere's Better, out this year. It continues the solo work he announced back in 2019 with the lead single "Easy Peasy," the record music press introduced by his old credentials: ex-Dance Gavin Dance, ex-A Lot Like Birds.

Those credentials are why the room will be full of people who know the high notes. The solo records are why it's worth going even if you don't. A 7 p.m. Thursday show at a taproom is about as close as you'll get to hearing it without a festival barricade between you and the stage.

Doors at 6, music at 7, and a new record to hear.

Houston has kept him coming back. Our records show 12 shows in this market, more than anywhere else he's played, and that kind of repeat business usually means a crowd that turns up every time.

The openers are part of the package. Tour listings have Mella as main support across the run and Resilia rounding out the bill, so getting there at doors means seeing the whole night, not just the headliner.

The room is worth knowing about if you haven't been. Bad Astronaut is a space-themed brewery and taproom in a 36,000-square-foot warehouse in Hardy Yards, opened by Karbach veterans Chris Fall and Craig "Rocky" Keener, according to CultureMap Houston's coverage of the opening.

A few practical notes: it's all ages, so bring the younger fan in your life, though they won't be drinking the Cloud Punch. The early start means you'll be out at a reasonable hour on a school night. Tickets are through the link on this page.

Plenty of singers spend the rest of their careers living off the band they used to be in. Travis is out on a third solo album, in a Houston brewery, on a Thursday. That's the better story, and it's the reason to go.

Sources: StubWire – Kurt Travis with Mella at Bad Astronaut (stubwire.com); Prekindle – Bad Astronaut Brewing Co. events (prekindle.com); Kill Iconic Records (killiconicrecords.com); JB Hi-Fi – Kurt Travis, Anywhere's Better (CD) (jbhifi.com.au); Bring The Noise – Kurt Travis announces new solo LP, shares 'Easy Peasy' (bringthenoise.com); The Prelude Press – Kurt Travis releases 'Easy Peasy' (thepreludepress.com); CultureMap Houston – Bad Astronaut Brewing Company (houston.culturemap.com); Prekindle – Bad Astronaut presents The Pharcyde (prekindle.com); Prekindle – Sweet Pill (prekindle.com); Kurt Travis - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)