Hats Off To The View

• 16th Nov 2006

Dundonian 4 piece, The View, have announced details of the release of their debut album, Hats Off To The Buskers. The 14-track long player will be released on January 22nd 2007 on 1965 Records and will be preceded by a single, Same Jeans, on January 15th.

The album was produced by Owen Morris (producer of the Verve’s seminal Northern Soul and Oasis’ debut Definitely Maybe) in rural Yorkshire in two weeks during May of this year and features previous singles Wasted Little DJ’s which was released in August of this year and Superstar Tradesman.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

1. Comin’ Down
2. Superstar Tradesman
3. Same Jeans
4. Don’t Tell Me
5. Skag Trendy
6. The Don
7. Face For The Radio
8. Wasted Little DJs
9. Gran’s For Tea
10. Dance Into The Night
11. Claudia
12. Street Lights
13. Wasteland
14. Typical Time

The band, who have just entered the charts at number 15 with their second single for 1965, Superstar Tradesman, are currently reaching the end of a two month long sell out UK headline tour. The band will be playing a few support slots with Primal Scream in the second half of November before doing a handful of UK headline dates, including a show at the London Astoria which sold out within 2 days of being put on sale and a Manchester gig which sold out within a day.

The band also played an incendiary show at the T in the Park festival in Scotland in July of this year and the Reading and Leeds festivals over the August bank holiday. They are also heading to Japan in December for a string of shows and recently performed on the BBC show Later.

The full list of dates are as follows:

November
Mon 13th – Birmingham Academy (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Tue 14th – Newcastle Academy (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Wed 15th – Aberdeen Music Hall (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Fri 17th – Glasgow SECC (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Sat 18th – Manchester Apollo (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Sun 19th – Manchester Apollo (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Tue 21st – Liverpool Academy (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Wed 22nd – Nottingham Rock City (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Fri 24th – London Hammersmith Apollo (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Sat 25th – Norwich UEA (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Sun 26th – Aldershot West end Centre
Mon 27th – Cambridge Corn Exchange (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Tue 28th – Bristol Academy (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Wed 29th – Southampton Guildhall (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Thu 30th – London Fabric (support Babyshambles)

December
Fri 1st – London Brixton Academy (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Sat 2nd – London Brixton Academy (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Mon 4th – London Astoria SOLD OUT
Tue 5th – Birmingham Irish Centre SOLD OUT
Wed 6th – Manchester Academy 2 SOLD OUT

The band formed in the Dryburgh area of the city some 3 years ago. Named after the Bayview Hotel, the bar in which they initially rehearsed (they were subsequently banned from the premises for riding a scooter along the bar). The band signed to 1965 records in the spring of 2006 following the release of an extremely limited edition EP on local label Two Thumbs.

The last six months have seen the band rapidly move from playing to 500 wild-eyed Dundonian acolytes in local Tayside venues to sell out shows across the UK many of which have sold out within hours (tickets for the bands Edinburgh show on 1st September were fetching up to £100 on ebay), including their recent London Kings College show where tickets went within a day of being put on sale.

The View are: Kyle Falconer (vocals / guitar), Pete Reilly (guitar), Kieren Webster (vocals / bass) & Steve Morrison (drums).