Traffic

Steve Winwood and his band members moved to a remote cottage to compose this material. The resulting work pushed the group away from commercial pop singles and toward a style focused on group improvisation and earthy textures.

Psychedelic elements merge with blues sensibilities throughout the project. The songs reflect how the band embraced the raw atmosphere of the British countryside during the late sixties. This change in approach resulted in a record that favors a jam-oriented aesthetic over the traditional studio polish common to the era.