25 January 2025
New Zealand band THE VEILS centred around singer/songwriter Finn Andrews
bagged their 6th LP, named it Asphodels and will release it on January 24th.
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.
Andrews: “I feel as though this album is the end result of a now disconcertingly long career in music. 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.”
It’s a beautiful thing to watch this album finally seeing the light of day. It is an album obsessed with matters of love, life and death – I hope these songs help people to process these rather hefty matters in the same way they’ve helped me.”
TUTV: Andrews‘ enthrals one again with songs of love and death, songs of hope
and loss. He evokes Nick Cave and Father John Mysty atmospherics where introspection, melancholia and contemplations stir heart and soul. The tone is almost acoustic throughout. The timbre is mellow, affectional and melodramatic.
Andrews‘s vulnerable vocals are heartbreaking at times and draw your aural attention uninterruptedly. He’s blessed with a spellbound voice that fits his romantic music perfectly. 9 ruminative ballads, 9 soft-hearted feats for laid-back evenings, away from
all outside noise. A memorable 2025 accomplishment.
SINGLES: The Ladder / O Fortune Teller / Mortal Wound
– The Ladder –
– O Fortune Teller –
ALBUM
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TOUR DATES
Jan 25
Antwerp, Belgium
Jan 26
Paris, France
Jan 27
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jan 29
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Jan 30
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan 31
Groningen, Netherlands
Feb 1
Cologne, Germany
Feb 3
Copenhagen, Denmark
Feb 4
Hamburg, Germany
Feb 5
Berlin, Germany
Feb 8
Ravenna, Italy
Feb 9
Rome, Italy
Feb 10
Milan, Italy
Feb 13
Zürich, Switzerland
Feb 14
Turin, Italy
Feb 16
Manchester, UK
Feb 17
Bristol, UK
Feb 18
London, UK
Mar 21
Auckland, New Zealand
March 22
Wellington, New Zealand
March 23
Christchurch, New Zealand
April 4
Dunedin, New Zealand