Anyone who appreciates the beauty of the naked male physique NEEDS to see Travis Garland‘s new music video. The song is called “Everything Right Now” and it’s available on Garland’s free mixtape, Last Man Standing, which you can download on his official website. The Akili Shine/Joel Stanton-directed video plays out like a miniature James Bond film, complete with a femme fatale, a murderous doppleganger and some very fast cars. The RADIO-produced track is a slick, mid-tempo pop/R&B number that suits Garland’s Justin Timberlake-style vocals perfectly. Definitely worth a listen, as are the rest of the tracks on his FREE MIXTAPE. Get your copy HERE.
Not sure what the status is with Garland’s forthcoming debut album OR whether or not he’s still signed to Geffen/Interscope but the boy’s got talent and needs to get some recognition as a solo artist. Garland first graced the pop spotlight as the lead vocalist of the boyband NLT (2003 – 2009) where he along with Kevin McHale, JJ Thorne, and V Sevan put out four singles but never dropped an album. While McHale went on to have success playing Artie on Glee, Garland went back to the studio to mold his own pop career. He performed his first single, the Danja-produced “Believe” on American Idol in May of last year which was the last we heard of him until now. While I’m hoping that the release of this mixtape means we can expect some new tunes soon, I have a sneaking suspicion that Travis Garland is trying to keep his fans happy while his label sorts shit out – just like friend and label-mate JoJo before him, who also released a mixtape (Garland even features on one of JoJo‘s mixtape songs). In any case, this super hot video is enough to keep me occupied until we get some new music from Travis.