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Lets's take a view to Asphodels, the seventh studio album from The Veils, which was recorded live to tape over five days at Roundhead Studios in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Back story
Since being signed to Rough Trade Records when lead singer Finn Andrews was just 16 years old, The Veils have now released seven studio albums: The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006), Sun Gangs (2009), Time Stays, We Go (2013), Total Depravity (2016), ... And Out Of The Void Came Love... (2023) as well Ashphodels (2025).
Finn’s debut solo album One Piece At A Time was released in 2019. The Veils have toured consistently throughout their over twenty-year history and garnered a formidable reputation as one of the world’s great live bands.
As well as a fruitful collaboration with Run the Jewels’ El-P for their 2016 album Total Depravity, they have also been praised by film directors Paolo Sorrentino, Tim Burton and David Lynch who have all used their music on their soundtracks.
From start to now
The Veils debut album The Runaway Found turned 20 last year, which provided lead singer/songwriter Finn Andrews with a healthy dose of existential dread.
“I think after your 7th album, much like turning 40, you should really just stop counting. I’ve learned a lot along the way, which I suppose is the whole point, and I’ve really distilled it all into these 9 songs. As always, I really just write about love and death - it’s a compulsion - and that is once again the case here.
But I feel as though I’ve never been able to express this stuff rattling about in my brain quite as directly until now. I have rarely felt proud of anything I’ve made for very long, but this one feels different. It’s built on a strong foundation I think.”
Photo: Katja Brook
The album takes its name from the Ancient Greek flower of the Underworld, and lyrically, Andrews draws more from the great poets than he does from the well of more traditional rock and roll songwriters.
The Veils made their glorious return to the stage in 2023/24 with sold out shows across Europe, North America & Australasia. The band will begin touring significantly again in support of Asphodels in early 2025.
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