The View are lining up their next single, with 'How Long' set to be released on July 9th. Now at home on Cooking Vinyl, The View are setting their sights on album #4. Recorded earlier this year, 'Cheeky For A Reason' will be released on July 9th. To coincide with the album, The View have line up a new single. Stripped from the forthcoming full length record, 'How Long' will be bundled with the bonus track ‘Mile Of Mine’ for its July 9th release. ClashMusic recently caught up with The View's Kieren Webster, who revealed a few more details ...

Sometimes bands only get one chance. For The View , it came in 2006. The band were picked to play the T Break Stage - an area for new talent at T In The Park, despite not having a record deal or any releases to their name. The slot went down in festival lore. Fans packed the tent, with The View's performance becoming one of the weekend's most discussed events. Acting as a springboard for their entire career, Clash recently sat down with Kieren Webster to look back on that fateful day. - - - That was a bit of an eye opener ...

The View have announced plans for a typically massive run of headline shows. Indie rascals, The View know how to graft. The band hurl themselves into lengthy tours, which stretch across all regions of the nation. With their new album 'Cheeky For A Reason' lingering on the release schedule, the Dundee band have decided to announce another batch of tour dates. Recently playing two intimate warm up shows, The View have now confirmed a massive headline run. Kicking off with a no doubt raucous set at RockNess, The View will then play shows in Stockton, Leeds, Hull and more. Hitting ...

The first names on the line up for this summer's instalment of The Wickerman Festival have been confirmed. One of Scotland's most idiosyncratic festivals, The Wickerman blends a family-safe environment with an eclectic bill. Returning this summer, organisers are already fighting tooth and nail to build up the bill. Headline sets this year will come from Texas and Scissor Sisters, who will both grace the main Summerisle Stage. Elsewhere, Dundonian indie scamps The View will stop by while the likes of Newton Faulkner, The Levellers and more have been added. As usual, though, the more Clash-centric names are ...

Bilbao BBK Live has expanded its bill, with James Murphy, The View and more taking part. Set in the historic Basque city, Bilbao BBK Live mixes a sense of tradition with a love of breaking talent. Returning this summer, organisers are working day and night to finish off an already striking bill. The next wave of announcements have been made, with Bilbao BBK Live welcoming James Murphy. The one time LCD Soundsystem lynch-pin is now relishing life on his own, mixing a new-found flair for acting with his usual excellence behind the decks. Returning to Europe, James Murphy will perform ...

Painting a bigger picture: David Band remembered by Teddy Jamieson, Senior Features Writer Scottish artist David Band's bright and painterly work adorned some of the bestselling records of the 1980s, while his design studio gained him access to the hippest fashion circles . Then, suddenly, he moved to the other side of the world and started a new life. Here, a year after his death at the age of 51, family, friends and associates pay tribute to an artist who helped define an era. "I first met David when I was still at school and he was in his first ...

The View have confirmed a pair of intimate dates ahead of new album 'Cheeky For A Reason'. Indie may be suffering, but The View remain on fire. The Dundee outfit recently sealed off sessions for their upcoming album 'Cheeky For A Reason', their first for their new home on Cooking Vinyl. Due for release on July 2nd, The View have decided to preview material with two intimate shows. Keeping up a tradition that began with their debut album, the band will unveil new songs at a pair of tiny dates. The band will play Glasgow's Cottiers Theatre on May ...

Dundee’s finest The View, are delighted to announce two intimate shows to preview material from their much anticipated forthcoming new album ‘CHEEKY FOR A REASON’ – released July 2nd. The band will play at Cottiers Theatre in GLASGOW on Wednesday 9th May and Hoxton Bar & Kitchen in LONDON on...

REVIEW OF  FRIGHTENED RABBIT/I AM DAVID LAING , CAFE CONTINENTAL, GOUROCK - 11 APRIL  I really wish I'd taken the camera along with me. Gourock is a small town some 25 miles west of Glasgow.  It sites at the head of the Firth of Clyde and with islands and steep hills all in close range can provide the most spectacular of scenery as indeed it did the night Aldo and myself rolled along to catch Frightened Rabbit on the first night of a short Scottish tour that was going to take them to some remote venues. It was literally a ...

Scottish band to release new album 'Cheeky For A Reason' in July

Scottish outfit The View are returning this summer with their 4th album, Cheeky For A Reason . The follow up to last years Bread and Circuses is out on July 2nd, and while no official track listing has been announced, it's expected that tracks like ’Bunker’, ‘The Clock Has No Sympathy’ and ’Anfield Row’ will make the cut. Kyle Falconer and co then head out on an extensive tour of the UK to promote the new record. Starting in Inverness at the Rockness festival on the 9th June the band will wind up the tour in Glasgow over a month ...

The View are to return this summer with fourth album 'Cheeky For A Reason' due on July 2nd. The View may not be the cherubic young guns of old, but the Dundonian rascals have lost none of their charm. Now signed to Cooking Vinyl, the band have been working on material of late for their fourth album. Tentatively titled 'Cheeky For A Reason' the album will be released on July 2nd. Titled currently mooted for inclusion include ’Bunker’, ‘The Clock Has No Sympathy’, ‘Anfield Row’ ‘How Long’ and ‘AB’. Currently being recorded at Liverpool’s Motor Museum Studios, producer Mike ...

Friendly Fires and The View are amongst the latest additions to the line up of RockNess. Held in the Highlands, RockNess is Scotland's wildest party. Large enough to feel like a major event, small enough to remain familiar the festival is continuing to push forward with another line up announcement. Friendly Fires are due to perform at this summer's RockNess , with the band still energised from the release of 'Pala'. Continuing to tour across the country, the group will hit the festival circuit with a vengeance. Set to appear at RockNess , Friendly Fires will be joined by Dundonian ...

It must be tough being in The Law. Lots of early promise and hype overshadowed by a somewhat underwhelming 2009 debut album (A Measure of Wealth), coupled with the ominous labeling of being Dundee’s “other” band (The View clearly holding bragging rights as of now, despite Kyle Falconer’s best attempts to usurp Liam Gallacher in [...]

After an intense, sweaty, vibrating and raw gig at the Room At The Top up in the Scottish city of Bathgate, Altsounds sat down with The View's bassist Kieren Webster and drummer Steven Morrison for a lightening interview that involved whisky shots, talking in Spanish, tales of a forgotten Maximo...