The Veils
The Veils (formed in 2002) are a New Zealand band based in London, fronted … Read Full Bio ↴The Veils (formed in 2002) are a New Zealand band based in London, fronted by Finn Andrews. His father, Barry Andrews, was a founding member of XTC.
Their sound has been compared to artists as diverse as Jeff Buckley, The Birthday Party, The Smiths, and Joy Division. Their live shows have become famed for their emotional intensity and Finn's often scarily possessed stage presence and his unique singing voice.
They released their debut album, The Runaway Found, in Spain late in 2003. The first single from the album, Lavinia, was released through Rough Trade on November 24, 2003. They released the album globally in January 2004 with a different track listing. It went gold worldwide the following year.
The original lineup of The Veils (which included Oli Drake, Ben Woollacott and Adam Kinsella) disbanded in late 2004, and Andrews returned to New Zealand in order to find a new lineup. He spent the New Zealand summer rehearsing with high school classmates Liam Gerrard (keyboards) and Sophia Burn (bass), and the trio returned to London early 2005. There they got connected to Dan Raishbrook (Guitar) and Henning Dietz (drums). However Liam Gerrard left the band half way into their American tour in 2007.
The group recorded their second album Nux Vomica at Underbelly Studios in Los Angeles, with producer Nick Launay, and the album was released September 18, 2006. The album features string arrangements by ex-Lounge Lizard and long time Lou Reed collaborator Jane Scarpontoni. Nux Vomica featured on 9 critics' Best Of The Year lists in 2006.
In the 16 months following the release of Nux Vomica The Veils played over 250 shows across 15 countries and during the U.S. leg of the tour it was announced that keyboardist Liam Gerrard would leave the band to return home to New Zealand due to personal reasons. The Veils carried on as a four piece and, whilst living out of a classic car garage in Oklahoma City, started recording new demos between playing shows on the east and west coasts of the America. By mid-2008 they were back to London to begin work on their third album with producer Graham Sutton. The recording sessions at West Point Studios lasted only three weeks and at the end of the summer the album was done and ready to be mixed. In March 2009 they began touring the new songs in Europe and America with new drummer Raife Burchell (of Jetplane Landing), after Henning Dietz' defection. Sun Gangs was released on April 6 2009 and was featured in many websites top albums of 2009.
The band spent the summer of 2010 working on new material. On December 6 it was announced that a new 7 song EP entitled Troubles of the Brain is set to be released on January 24, and that the band had left Rough Trade after almost 9 years and started their own label, Pitch Beast Records. The EP is produced by Finn Andrews and Bernard Butler and was recorded at Finn's home studio in London.
In mid 2012 The Veils threatened legal action on UK hardcore band Veils due to the similarity in name. This forced Veils to alter the spelling of their name to Vales.
The Veils released their next album in april 2013 titled , ‘Time Stays, We Go’ in April 2013. Three years later Total Depravity (2016) saw the daylight.
In 2016 David Lynch revealed that Finn would appear in the new series of Twin Peaks due to air early 2017.
In 2023 The Veils released ...And Out of the Void Came Love after a long struggle with songwriting that only came together after the birth of Andrews' first child. The COVID pandemic had seen the departure of longtime members Dietz and Burn (who had been the longest continuous presence in the band after Andrews) and the arrival of Tiny Ruins bassist Cass Basil.
Their sound has been compared to artists as diverse as Jeff Buckley, The Birthday Party, The Smiths, and Joy Division. Their live shows have become famed for their emotional intensity and Finn's often scarily possessed stage presence and his unique singing voice.
They released their debut album, The Runaway Found, in Spain late in 2003. The first single from the album, Lavinia, was released through Rough Trade on November 24, 2003. They released the album globally in January 2004 with a different track listing. It went gold worldwide the following year.
The original lineup of The Veils (which included Oli Drake, Ben Woollacott and Adam Kinsella) disbanded in late 2004, and Andrews returned to New Zealand in order to find a new lineup. He spent the New Zealand summer rehearsing with high school classmates Liam Gerrard (keyboards) and Sophia Burn (bass), and the trio returned to London early 2005. There they got connected to Dan Raishbrook (Guitar) and Henning Dietz (drums). However Liam Gerrard left the band half way into their American tour in 2007.
The group recorded their second album Nux Vomica at Underbelly Studios in Los Angeles, with producer Nick Launay, and the album was released September 18, 2006. The album features string arrangements by ex-Lounge Lizard and long time Lou Reed collaborator Jane Scarpontoni. Nux Vomica featured on 9 critics' Best Of The Year lists in 2006.
In the 16 months following the release of Nux Vomica The Veils played over 250 shows across 15 countries and during the U.S. leg of the tour it was announced that keyboardist Liam Gerrard would leave the band to return home to New Zealand due to personal reasons. The Veils carried on as a four piece and, whilst living out of a classic car garage in Oklahoma City, started recording new demos between playing shows on the east and west coasts of the America. By mid-2008 they were back to London to begin work on their third album with producer Graham Sutton. The recording sessions at West Point Studios lasted only three weeks and at the end of the summer the album was done and ready to be mixed. In March 2009 they began touring the new songs in Europe and America with new drummer Raife Burchell (of Jetplane Landing), after Henning Dietz' defection. Sun Gangs was released on April 6 2009 and was featured in many websites top albums of 2009.
The band spent the summer of 2010 working on new material. On December 6 it was announced that a new 7 song EP entitled Troubles of the Brain is set to be released on January 24, and that the band had left Rough Trade after almost 9 years and started their own label, Pitch Beast Records. The EP is produced by Finn Andrews and Bernard Butler and was recorded at Finn's home studio in London.
In mid 2012 The Veils threatened legal action on UK hardcore band Veils due to the similarity in name. This forced Veils to alter the spelling of their name to Vales.
The Veils released their next album in april 2013 titled , ‘Time Stays, We Go’ in April 2013. Three years later Total Depravity (2016) saw the daylight.
In 2016 David Lynch revealed that Finn would appear in the new series of Twin Peaks due to air early 2017.
In 2023 The Veils released ...And Out of the Void Came Love after a long struggle with songwriting that only came together after the birth of Andrews' first child. The COVID pandemic had seen the departure of longtime members Dietz and Burn (who had been the longest continuous presence in the band after Andrews) and the arrival of Tiny Ruins bassist Cass Basil.
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The Veils Lyrics
& one of us must go This place is not for me, my love This place is…
A Birthday Present Everybody thinks it's something real Right until the devil d…
A Bit on the Side Hoochie-coo-mon-ami-oh-my Honey, honey Honey, honey Go on g…
Advice for Young Mothers to Be She found the world embedded in the snow It's too bad…
Another Night On Earth I went out walkin’ in the night under the cover…
Axolotl I'm glowing bright, obsidian Axolotl, amphibian Un-elemental…
Begin Again It's the road you layed That made you blind It's just a…
Birds Through the charred black winter trees, I hear their voices…
Bloom Don't she seem Like some faded picture And don't she stare…
Calliope! I woke this morning deep in the earth Laying bare with…
Candy Apple Red I can't go back No that chance has passed Time's a one…
Citadel I feel dead from above the waist down Watching citadels bur…
Dancing with the Tornado She has them tombstone teeth And a stare so warm it…
Death and Co. Oh hear me out Hear me out inside Oh I've been running…
Do Your Bones Glow at Night? I'm like a kitty under an anvil I'm running out of…
Don All our times have come Here but now they're gone Seasons do…
Don't Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice I left a message to myself That girl ain't no good…
Grey Lynn Park Though they say no heart can break There ain't no end…
Guiding Light I'm fine from within Just better without This noose around…
Here Come the Dead HERE COME THE DEAD Well listen up 'cause here they come They…
House of Spirits I've been laying in this wreck since the dawn of…
House Where We All Live There's an old child's swing set on the lawn And an…
In The Blood He holds your nightmares in one hand And your dreams in…
In the Nightfall I stepped out to the sound of my radio on…
Iodine & Iron Ain't it useless to fight Or to pretend That it'll all come…
It Hits Deep Hope there's someone cause I've been gone for awhile Bid y…
Jesus For The Jugular How do you preach the word if you don't know…
Killed by the Boom He stared at the skyline with a look of avarice he…
Larkspur Always a Larkspur No Rest for my heart Always a Larkspur…
Lavinia See my love is asleep on the floor In a…
Lions After Slumber My diplomacy, my security, my hope and my ice-cream My tomo…
Low Lays The Devil Quiet as that secret you keep Still in your heart as…
More Heat Than Light The imperial disaster's in a furious decline They've been …
Need Is Water It's fox hunting season and I've got my hound I just…
Not Yet Mama, when she'd ride that horse Buried out in Wilson fields…
Nux Vomica What say You, Lord For the Olive boys down in the…
One Night on Earth I shook from my dream, I wasn't here To shake, shake…
Out From the Valley & Into the Stars I'd had enough of the valley So I took a walk…
Pan I knew you'd starve in heaven and I'd pray for…
Scarecrow Hung by the old field The night in his eyes And the…
Sign of Your Love Don't say 'goodbye' Don't you release me Turn up the light…
Sit Down by the Fire Born from the night in the roaring wind Cast out of…
Sun Gangs Some say you'll never be gone forever Some say there's music…
Swimming with the Crocodiles Take the bandage off his eyes Take the bandage off and…
Talk Down the Girl Seven moons for seven seas Won't let them get the…
The House She Lived In This is the house she lived It was the house she…
The Leavers Dance Berenice My hands my feet are worn As much as…
the leavers dance-mvp Berenice My hands my feet are worn As much as…
The Letter All the night her dream passes by my bed undeniable, and a…
The Lydiard Bell Come Marianne and flock to me We'll light the candles over…
The Nowhere Man I wonder where the junkies go to die Are you…
The Pearl There's no time to explain I'm leaving on the last train And…
The Stars Came Out Once the Lights Went Out I'm caught between the pen and the page Lost in the…
The Stars Come Out Once the Lights Went Out I'm caught between the pen and the page Lost in the…
The Tide That Left & Never Came Back I'm sick from this city It burns in my side The ships…
The Tide That Left and Never Came Back Sick from the city It burns in my side Ships are leaving Shi…
The Valleys of New Orleans Someday the walls will tremble with terrible flames here ‘T…
The Wild Son Your knives are sharp When you put them in my…
The Wishbone I said I wanted summer and the morning brought the…
Three Sisters I saw tonight three sister's burning and muddied by the riv…
Through the Deep Dark Wood Well she said, baby, Come on and take my hand You know…
Through the Deep, Dark Wood Well she said, baby, Come on and take my hand You know…
Total Depravity I asked our father and he said "It don't get no…
Train With No Name Love, gather your rose buds while you may. Cause when the…
Turn From The Rain He married young, all rather at his bride's insistance He pl…
Under the Folding Branches There I knew you once, didn't I? And the sound of…
Us Godless Teenagers Nowhere to call home Talking on our phones Always arriving…
Us in Leaves Feeling kinda feline A battle down the middle road You're …
Vicious Traditions I'd pull my weight if it made any difference Gave…
Wires to Flying Birds They're forming in circles from over my head Calling in sil…