The View // Bread and Circuses

When mentioning ‘The View’ to anyone it is often reciprocated with a gormless, blank expression but when humming the chorus of ‘Same Jeans’, their staple hit from 2007, it is returned with the vague recognition of this undeniably catchy record. In an attempt at reviving themselves from the debatable second album, they have admirably undertaken establishing themselves once more with a new producer, Youth, and with a much more sober album. It seems this third album is their last chance to consolidate themselves as something worth remembering.  Kyle Falconer’s intense Scottish accent and their chanting chorus’ allude to their compelling punk influence. But it’s hard to ignore the nostalgic tendencies within the songs in which they seem to fall back on, switching between a nauseating carousel and a rowdy drunken barn dance. In this album they seem older but have not yet kicked their old habits with tired and easy lyrics which prevent you from making any connection with the songs, and mistake the key for a good song for being loud for the sake of being loud. Take away the Scottish accent and catchy melody you are left with uninspired twenty something’s who are already past it.