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working with Scotty (Anderson) and Danny (Forouhar) at Magic Box studios. They’re great musicians (both are founder members of Dundee rockers Scary People and have toured with The View as drum and guitar techs respectively). I definitely want to put something out.”

In relation to this year The View have the small matter of three shows at the ABC in Glasgow next week, yet another indication of their enduring popularity as a touring band.

Of course 2017 brought the 10th anniversary of their debut album Hats Off to the Buskers hitting number one in the charts and as such they’re playing the album in its entirety.

“We’ll start rehearsing properly a few days before the ABC gigs,” Kieren says.

“We’ve played the album back to front most of last year.

“Then it’s the Caird Hall. It’ll be good to celebrate 10 years of the album made in Dundee with a gig in Dundee, and especially the Caird Hall.”

Looking back, did they think 10 years ago they would have had such an amazing career in music?

“Nah, we were never really forward thinking human beings,” Kieren admits.

“It was more like we were just thinking about the next gig or wondering where the next pint or the next party was.

“I think if you told us that we would have done all that stuff we would have told you you were off your head.” So what are their highlights?

“If you look at what we’ve done, it’s hard to pick out highlights, but obviously playing T in the Park, that’s really special, selling out the Barras so many times, holding the record for playing the most times at King Tuts, getting awards for songwriting, getting signed by James Endecott, that was really cool to get on James’ label,” says Kieren.

Any surprises for the fans next Friday? “We never really do the surprises thing very well,” he laughed.

“We’re playing Hats Off obviously from start to finish then we’ll come back on and play all the other stuff. We’ll play until they switch off the Caird Hall lights! It’ll be a major night!”

It’ll be good to celebrate 10 years of the album made in Dundee with a gig in Dundee