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Dundonian band The View are Kyle, Kieran, Peter and Steve. They formed from the ashes of a covers band from their school days (which aren't that long ago - their average age is just eighteen!)... They scored a Top 3 hit in January 2007 with the mighty smash 'Same Jeans'.Indeed they went to top off that singles achievement (after two hits peaking at 15) with a Number One album in the form of Hats Off To The Buskers, a title which is almost a lyric from this very song. And then suddenly it was all over, with this proving to be their last Top 30 single and their two subsequent albums selling only to the faithful. Perhaps this is proof that fashion is what goes out of fashion.
Despite the above, time has been surprisingly kind to 'Same Jeans'. It's no masterpiece and edges towards the sort of self-mythologising rock I generally find tiresome; it's unsurprising that they worked with producer Owen Morris, best known for helming the first three Oasis albums. And there's no getting away from the fact that it sounds quite a lot like 'Brimful Of Asha' but isn't as good. I've never liked anything else they did and the band don't strike me as personally appealing either. But with hindsight, and out of the context of hearing hundreds of songs that sound like this all the time, 'Same Jeans' is just about sprightly enough to make up for its clichés. If only they'd started the disc with this instead of the Fray.
Available on: Hats Off To The Buskers [Explicit]
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