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Since their 2007 debut, Hats Off to the Buskers, crashed into the UK charts at No 1, Scottish four-piece the View have spent most of their time on the road, stopping briefly to record and release their 2009 follow-up, Which Bitch? Recorded under the not-so-watchful eye of Oasis producer Owen Morris, it was an album mired by a lack of focus, and stayed in the top 40 for just two weeks. For Bread and Circuses, Morris has been replaced by Youth, whose first job was to ban alcohol from the studio. For the most part, it seems to have helped. Tracks such as Tragic Magic and Sunday gallop along nicely with festival-ready choruses, while the feather-light Friend bolts sighing strings to a tale of woe on a night out: "The girl that I've been speaking to all night, has left me for a friend". There are moments when they descend into pub-rock territory ? on Grace and Beautiful, in particular ? but overall it's solid, well-written and anthemic.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/10/the-view-bread-circuses-review
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