The View // Which Bitch?

When I hear someone mention The View, my head is always instantly filled with the sounds of their anthem-like hits such as ‘Wasted Little DJs’ and ‘Superstar Tradesman’ that were used persistently to cover all the festivals the year I really started watching them on TV. The band has managed to keep this anthem-like feel to their new album, especially in the tracks '5 Rebbecca’s’ and ‘Temptation Dice,’ which sounds like it could have been straight from their first album. '5 Rebbecca’s’ has what I think sounds like an oasis opening which then leads into the sort of song you can see filling tents this year at numerous festivals. As well as some anthem-like hits, ‘Which Bitch?’ also features tracks which seem to be heading in a slightly newer musical direction. I have always seen The View to be heavily influenced by the Libertines and this is really shown in this album. Their lyrics seem to be going off on a Libertine-esque tangent and their songs feature chanting and the odd gritty riff, neither of which would look out of place in the majority of the songs found on ‘Up the Bracket’; the opening of 'Double Yellow Lines’ could even be mistaken for the opening of 'Can’t Stand Me Now,’ the late Libertines’ hit. Some of their songs even seem to have a slight sound of 'The Last Shadow Puppets’ with their new use of numerous instruments as featured on 'Covers’ and 'Unexpected,’ the latter especially has an almost epic feel to it. Over all I think Which Bitch? is a very good effort on behalf of The View and could easily be as popular as their debut.