Effortlessly upending the cliché that second albums should be torturously-rendered creations filled with self-doubt and much head-scratching for the musicians involved, The View absolutely breeze in with the follow-up to their platinum, straight-in-at-number-one 2007 debut Hats Off To The Buskers.

Part-written on the road, part-realised in inspired bursts of creativity in the studio, it's an eclectic and often surprising affair that the Dundee foursome - Kyle Falconer (vocals/guitar), Kieren Webster (vocals/bass), Pete Reilly (lead guitar) and Steve Morrison (drums) - have proudly titled Which Bitch?

From playful opener Typical Time 2 - a nifty segue from the closing track of Hats Off To The Buskers - featuring Falconer delivering a road-bound message to his girlfriend while performing a one-man-band routine on piano, guitar and mouth-organ ("Kyle plays the lot," says Webster), through the rowdy schooldays recollections of 5 Rebbeccas, to the orchestrated sea shanty of Distant Dubloon, it's an assured 14-song collection that retains The View's rough-edged charms while opening out their sound in new and unexpected ways.

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