Last week we premiered a dramatically lit black and white clip for Sun Gangs' "Scarecrow," performed acoustic at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. For Veils' new "Letter" video, Finn…   Read Story »

Finn Andrews recently performed an acoustic set of songs from the Veils' forthcoming third album Sun Gangs at the Institute Of Contemporary Arts in London. We posted Sun's post-punked, Wire-inspired…   Read Story »

Three albums deep and the most consistency XTC-progeny Finn Andrews is willing to show, aside from steadily improving songcraft, is building his Veils of a different lineup at each stop. This…   Read Story »

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After OKX, our 10-year cover tribute to the Radiohead classic OK Computer, we soon began narrowing the list of prospects for our next celebratory project: sifting, sorting, debating, etc. But when we…   Read Story »

The Veils On "Drive" "I think the only way you can approach covering a song by a band this colossal is to pretend that you're just playing one of your friend's songs -- that's what we did anyway.…   Read Story »

Every time we fire up Nux Vomica, there's that bit of wonderment: How is this band not bigger? Clearly, we like the Veils. Tough to garner momentum with such a lag between international and US…   Read Story »

Something about Finn's voice, that guy can cast a melancholic shadow over a tune even when the rest of the band lifts their pop-noir veils. And so it is with "Calliope," a-break-from-the-bleak on the…   Read Story »

This track opens the Veils' excellent Nux Vomica, a sprightly LP of dark and disturbed pop, anchored by sole returning Veil Finn Andrews. "Not Yet"'s cowboy shuffle lets Finn exorcise some vocal…   Read Story »

Finn Andrews may have lost all his bandmates, but his Veils are no worse off. The band's now a trio, with bassist Sophia Burn and pianist Liam Gerrard. Here he eschews the dreamy folkscapes and Jeff…   Read Story »