With their second album, The View, Wellington 6-piece Spartacus R prove that its quality, not quantity that matters. In 6 years together theyve released a couple of EPs, their debut album (When The Fever Takes Hold) in 2009 and toured a handful of times.

Its understandable that they find so little time to perform and record together, with half the band being professional musicians involved in some hard working bands The Nudge, Fly MY Pretties, The Rhythm Hawks and Jessie James and The Outlaws are just some of the groups these hard working musicians also belong to.

Spartacus Rs sound will be familiar to anyone whos come across those other bands before, as it draws on the same bluesy rock and folk influences, with a healthy dose of psychedelia thrown in to keep listeners on their toes.

And keep you on your toes is what it do