Robert Chia

A supergroup, n., is an act that brings together musical personalities too stubborn or sizeable to fit inside a normal band. This goes triple for Traveller, the country-rock-folk-whatever supergroup comprising Robert Ellis, Cory Chisel, and Jonny Fritz. On their premier album, Western Movies, their talents combine without losing in the slightest their signature stamps and fortes. Cory Chisel is the same one-man melody machine behind Wisconsin’s Wandering Sons. Jonny Fritz, as usual, fills verse after verse with his spot-on lyricism and sharp-edged scenes from daily America. And Robert Ellis is the eerily talented composer, breaking down everything and flawlessly rebuilding it back up with a Rubber Soul-like finality.