To the previous commenter: Are you quite insane? I've just listened to this song (Side of the Road) and Skag Trendy next to each other, and, shock of all shocks--this sounds NOTHING like Skag Trendy, except for perhaps the fevered pace at which both Doherty and Webster sing. The Babyshambles influence is obvious in The View's music but I really don't see what you're talking about with it sounding "just like" Skag Trendy.
It might be of interest to you, however, that Side of the Road sounds very much like a re-written and clearer-recorded version of Dilly Boys, from the 2004 Whitechapel Demonstrations.
I, personally, find the new album to be much better than Down in Albion--which I also enjoy immensely.
To the previous commenter: Are you quite insane? I've just listened to this song (Side of the Road) and Skag Trendy next to each other, and, shock of all shocks--this sounds NOTHING like Skag Trendy, except for perhaps the fevered pace at which both Doherty and Webster sing. The Babyshambles influence is obvious in The View's music but I really don't see what you're talking about with it sounding "just like" Skag Trendy.
It might be of interest to you, however, that Side of the Road sounds very much like a re-written and clearer-recorded version of Dilly Boys, from the 2004 Whitechapel Demonstrations.
I, personally, find the new album to be much better than Down in Albion--which I also enjoy immensely.