The View

The View
Download You have to admire the chutzpah of the View, whose fourth album has been described by the group's singer, Kyle Falconer, as "Fleetwood Mac's Rumours done by the Clash". In truth, not unlike its three predecessors, Cheeky for a Reason is unadorned lad-rock, its terrace-friendly singalongs pitched between Slade and the Libertines stripped of the self-mythology. Still, lyrically, there are signs of tenderness, notably on the frothy How Long, while the gorgeous final track, Tacky Tattoo, suggests the Dundee boys will one day pursue a brand of rock more sophisticated than their present skinny-trousered fare.g