Long lost 80s garage-psych exponents VIEWS are the subject of a new anthology.
Formed in the northern Italian city of Brescia in 1983, inspired by the nascent Paisley Underground scene, the band chimed with the times mixing Hüsker Dü melodic punk with Rain Parade psych and Sarah Records indie jangle, but with a distinct European edginess, to terrific effect.
Views made their recording debut on the now classic comp
Rockbeef alongside big-hitting scenesters Not Moving and Liars, before presenting their own debut mini-album
Namby Pamby in 1988.
This was followed by the suitably weirdly-titled full-length
Mummycat The World No.2 in 1990, featuring 8 originals, plus covers of Lou Reed’s ‘Real Good Time Together’ and The Beatles’ ‘Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey’, thus completing the sum total of their officially released recordings.