UK TOUR SUPPORT ANNOUNCED
We’re delighted to announce some amazing support bands for our upcoming UK tour. Each band have been hand picked by the band and club night This Feeling to give young, up and coming acts the chance to share a bigger stage with The View. Mikey from This Feeling said;
“As a young band the opportunity to play big venues with a big band is a dream so huge love and respect The View boys for making that dream come true for loads of brilliant acts we're working with – it's gonna be a blinding night of music from start to finish!”
Thursday 2 November 2023 Nottingham w/ The Rosadocs
Friday 3 November 2023 Liverpool w/ WULL + Lissy Taylor
Saturday 4 November 2023 Manchester w/ Shambolics + Rolla
Friday 10 November 2023 Norwich w/ Bag Of Cans
Saturday 11 November 2023 Wrexham w/ Jonny Ash + Tom Collins
Wednesday 15 November 2023 Cambridge w/ Oscar Corney
Thursday 16 November 2023 Bristol w/ Twin City
Saturday 18 November 2023 Brighton w/ Hope and Ruin
Wednesday 22 November 2023 Carlisle w/ Dictator
Thursday 23 November 2023 Cardiff w/ Ratoon
Friday 24 November 2023 Leeds w/ The Sheratons
Saturday 25 November 2023 Keele w/ The Lilacs
Tuesday 28 November 2023 Grimsby w/ Breeze
Wednesday 29 November 2023 Southampton w/ Dead Freights
Thursday 30 November 2023 Birmingham w/ Rosa Caelum
Friday 1 December 2023 Sheffield w/ CRUZ
Saturday 2 December 2023 Newcastle w/ The Lilacs + Soup
Thursday 7 December 2023 London w/ Shambolics + Spangled
Wednesday 13 December 2023 Edinburgh w/ Shambolics + Ben Walker
Thursday 14 December 2023 Kilmarnock w/ Shambolics + Ben Walker
Saturday 16 December 2023 Aberdeen w/ Daytime TV + Ben Walker
Sunday 17 December 2023 Dundee w/ Daytime TV + Ben Walker
Monday 18 December 2023 Dundee w/ Daytime TV + Ben Walker
STRIPPED BACK OUT STORE SHOWS
Photo by Alannah Stirling
We’re looking forward to hitting the road across Scotland for a small run of intimate stripped back shows and Q&A’s with some special guest host, all in collaboration with our friends at Assai Records. It’s all in celebration of our new album ‘Exorcism of Youth’, which is out now on limited edition vinyl, CD, cassette and across digital platforms. It features the single ‘Feels Like’, ‘Neon Lights’, ‘Shovel In His Hands’ and ‘Woman of the Year’.
1st September - Beat Generator, Dundee
2nd September - King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow (Early Show)
2nd September - King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow (Late Show)
5th September - PJ Molloys, Dunfermline
6th September - The Caves, Edinburgh.
WOMAN OF THE YEAR - OUT NOW
The effervescent buzz of ‘Woman of the Year’ layers a newly refined edge upon the raggedly irrepressible melodic charm with which The View made their name. Yet underneath its cheeky, punky indie-pop pleasure is a lyric that Kyle Falconer wouldn’t have written the first time around: the moment of waking up and realising that someone’s love not only makes life worthwhile, but that they’re also committed enough to be willing to navigate your own shortcomings.
Kyle says, “I think everyone gets down sometimes and this song is supposed to show the struggles at both ends. I wanted to convey a message of thanks to all the women who help the men, the kids, the colleagues, friends etc. Especially when they feel under appreciated. Watching what they do every day, often without complaining… it’s an unsung hero type of job multitasking so many different factors each day. It’s something I’m often in awe of.”
SHOVEL IN HIS HANDS - OUT NOW
The View continue to build towards the August 11th of their long-awaited new album ‘Exorcism of Youth’ by sharing their new single ‘Shovel In His Hands’.
‘Shovel In His Hands’ establishes a darker mood than The View’s previous singles. Their way with an instantly memorable indie-rock anthem remains in sharp focus, but the main guitar riff touches upon the desert noir style of Pixies, while the haunting organ that lurks on the outskirts of the mix adds another foreboding element. It provides a fitting context for the lyrics, an update of the deal-with-the-devil narrative tradition which feels like a barbed political satire.
The music and the lyrics for the song were written by bassist/vocalist Kieren Webster.
As with the rest of the upcoming ‘Exorcism of Youth’ album, The View – featuring Kieren Webster alongside fellow founder members Kyle Falconer (vocals/guitar) and Pete Reilly (guitar) - recorded ‘Shovel In His Hands’ in Granada, Spain, with the Grammy Award winning producer Youth (The Verve, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Charlatans). The result is a record which echoes the youthful exuberance and irresistible hooks of their early days, but informed by the life experience of everything that has happened during their 17-year career. ‘Exorcism of Youth’ is available to pre-order HERE.
The View will play a selection of summer festivals before embarking upon a wider headline tour in the autumn. Tickets for the headline shows are available HERE.
Neon lights - out now
The View are back with their new single ‘Neon Lights’, infusing the band’s flair for instant indie anthems with swaggering confidence and a moody elegance. Kyle Falconer’s lyrics paint an evocative picture of a city after nightfall - the neon nightlife lights representing a heady mix of hedonism and escapism, as well as the darker undercurrent that accompanies it.
Bassist Kieran Webster says, “‘Neon Lights’ intends to hold a mirror up to today’s ultra capitalist society, and the institutions who keep this unfair system in place for their own benefit.”
As with the rest of the upcoming ‘Exorcism of Youth’ album, ‘Neon Lights’ was written by The View and recorded in Granada, Spain, with the Grammy Award winning producer Youth (The Verve, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Charlatans).
Weaving fresh sonic elements into their rock ‘n’ roll soul, ‘Exorcism of Youth’ is a very natural next step for The View. Completed by guitarist Pete Reilly, they’re still burning with the passion of youth, but now with the confidence and control that comes from having been around the block and learned from the experience.
‘Exorcism of Youth’ is available to pre-order HERE. Album formats include a limited edition signed white vinyl, a limited run of 50 test pressings, and an exclusive bonus four-track CD.
Next month’s sold-out shows in Manchester and London represent The View’s first shows in both cities in several years. Their summer festival schedule is also taking shape with a headline set at The Mighty Boof, a homecoming show at TRNSMT, a London gig as special guests to Kaiser Chiefs, and Victorious already confirmed.
MAY
10th - Manchester, Deaf Institute (SOLD OUT)
11th - London, Oslo (SOLD OUT)
27th – Neighbourhood Weekender
28th – Darwen Live
JULY
7th - TRNSMT
8th - London, Greenwich Royal Naval College (special guests to Kaiser Chiefs)
AUGUST
18th - 19th - The Mighty Boof (HEADLINERS)
25th - Victorious
Bread and Circuses: In Profile
Today, March 14th, marks the 12th anniversary of The View’s third studio album, Bread and Circuses. The record was produced by Youth, best known as a founding member and bassist of Killing Joke, whose previous production credits included artists such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Verve and Faith No More. It was the first time the band had collaborated with Youth, having co-produced their previous two albums with Owen Morris. In more recent times, the band reunited with Youth to recording their forthcoming album ‘Exorcism of Youth’, set for release in 2023.
Bread and Circuses entered the Official UK Album Charts at #14 and featured the singles ‘Sunday’ and ‘Grace’. Sunday was released as free download in November 2010, with Grace being released in March 2011, accompanied by the b-side ‘Clowns’, a week before the album release as a 7” single and digital download.
Grace was written about Pete's downstairs neighbour, by Kyle who told NME about the songs inspiration back in 2011.
"We were getting a load of demos pulled together to practice for the album while we were back in Dundee after releasing Which Bitch. Pete had just moved into his first flat, and the neighbour downstairs got off to a bad start by making constant noise complaints to the police. There wasn't really any noise - they just heard that it was a guy form The View moving in and jumped to the conclusion that he was going to be really noisy and decided to set their stall out early. It inspired our first single off the album so we have to thank them for that. It's about making peace and living together rather than seeking problems and bullying.”
The video featured the bands friend, actor Martin Compston (Line of Duty, The Rig), who went on to feature in The View’s next single in 2013 for How Long.
Bread and Circuses was released on vinyl and CD with a special edition being released in Japan with an accompanying DVD with the following track list;
Grace
Underneath The Lights
Tragic Magic
Girl
Life
Friend
Beautiful
Blondie
Sunday
Walls
Happy
Best Lasts Forever
Witches
Bonus Japanese CD
Runaway
Wasted Little DJ’s (Live in Glasgow)
Underneath The Lights (Live in Bathgate)
Gem of a Bird (Live In Stirling)
Shock Horror (Live at Aberdeen Lemon Tree)
Bonus Japanese DVD Live at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
Grace
Sunday
Making of Grace (Mini Documentary)
EXORCISM OF YOUTH
The new album from The View.
When The View reconvened last year after five years apart, the three old friends realised just how much they have missed... well, everything about being in a band: the rush of seeing an audience react to their performances, the camaraderie of being together, a simple jam idea evolving into a fully-fledged song. A run of comeback gigs at Glasgow’s O2 Academy saw all 10,000 tickets sold in advance, the fan reaction was overwhelming.
After all that, how could you resist wanting more? Especially as their rehearsals for the shows saw the band conjure up a wealth of new song ideas just like they did back when they first started out. And so
The View today announce that‘Exorcism of Youth’- their first album since 2015 - will be released on June 9th via Cooking Vinyl.
Frontman Kyle Falconer says, “Working with Youth on our third album 'Bread and Circuses' was one of the best experiences of my career so we jumped at the chance to revisit the opportunity with him in Spain. To be able to go into the studio again as a band with added experience was just magical."
The View TO Play Victorious Festival
The View to play at Victorious Festival
The View will head to Southsea this summer for Victorious Fesitval! The band are set to play on Friday 25th August 2023.
The View to headline Mighty boof
The View to headline Mighty Boof in 2023.
The View head to Whitehaven, Cumbria this summer to headline Mighty Boof festival alongside Cast. Tickets are on general sale now.