The View

The View initially formed around a cover band at school, playing their own versions of bands such as Squeeze and the Sex Pistols and a number of their own songs at school talent contests. The band began to tour the small venue circuit around their hometown and after their second billed gig at The Doghouse, they were signed to local independent Dundee record label Two Thumbs,and released a self-titled EP in early 2006. This gained the band attention from Radio 1 DJs including Zane Lowe and Edith Bowman along with Radio 2 DJ Dermot O'Leary who gave the band a substantial amount of airplay before the LP was even released.

The album 'Hats Off to the Buskers' was released in early 2007 and featured four top 40 singles, including their highest peaking release to date 'Same Jeans' which entered the UK top five upon release. This album won critical acclaim and the band were supported throughout by music publication NME, taking part in their Awards Tour that year alongside The Horrors and The Automatic. Their next album release 'Which Bitch?' came in 2009 and was a substantial disappointment in terms of chart success, it entered the UK album charts at #4 yet fell twenty seven places the following week before disappearing from the top forty the week after.

They didn't regain their chart status until the 2012 album 'Cheeky For A Reason' which entered the UK top ten chart and topped the chart in their native Scotland. In 2013 the band also released a compilation album entitled 'Seven Year Setlist' which featured their most played live tracks along with some new material. The band are known for their relentless touring schedules having never really taken a break from the road since the beginning back in 2006.