Silly Billy

Is The View Dundee’s most illustrious export since Oor Wulle? If the media hype machine is to be believed, it seems so. But if the release of new single Superstar Tradesman is anything to go by this Dundonian quartet has a long way to go before emulating the success of the comic book hero. Full of chunky guitars and rasping vocals it’s a soaring slice of aspirational power punk that never quite manages to find its feet. They may be Scotland’s most hyped new band but, jings, Wullie’s got nothing to worry about just yet.

Article by Billy Hamilton, STV