The View
>> King Tuts
>> 13th April 2006
Do we really need a Scottish Babyshambles? Because Dundee's The View are cut from the same cloth. Recently signed to James Endeacott's new label 1965 records the View have since bagged support slots with Primal Scream, Proud Mary and the already mentioned Babyshambles, picking up some 'street-cred' by doing what Pete Doherty does best - getting arrested.
Tuts is jumping tonight, and the View play their little hearts out to the over-enthusiastic crowd with their own brand of toe-tapping indie/rock. The Libertines influence is very apparent, but if you throw in a bit of the Kooks and tighten the whole thing up, you'll arrive at the View and never look back. Tracks like Same Jeans and Comin' Down stand up above the rest, as the baby-faced boys race through their set with that 'we-don't-give-a-F*ck' look about them.
The View certainly have the fan-base and the songs, and with this performance they seem to be able to cut it live on any stage. I have a feeling they might just be massive. Anything Londoner's can do, the Scots can do better.
>> Joe Sach
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