New Zealand band THE VEILS centred around singer/songwriter Finn Andrews
bagged their 6th LP, named itAsphodels 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
. 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
Artist: T BONE BURNETT Who: Legendary American songsmith and lauded producer who worked
with many greats (Elvis Costello, Robert Plant, John Mellencamp and many
more) and scored movie soundtracks all through his long career.
LET THE FLOWERS GROW
The song was originally written by Boy George with its initial message being
“one of
personal acceptance about being gay. As the song developed, it took on a more expansive and universal scope with its lyrics extending beyond sexuality and embracing race, gender, creed and religion.”
Epic.
Boy George – Peter Murphy
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Artist: PETER PERRETT Who: Former frontman of legendary British new
wavers The Only Ones (1976–1982, 2007–2017)
“The song incorporates themes of longing and desperation I felt in my own
life at the time that found a home in anecdotes of the desert and its characters
experiencing these feelings for reasons far removed from my reality.”
Artists: THE GLASS HOURS Who: American songwriters Brad Armstrong and Megan Barbera.
Their music blurs between Sunday afternoon country-folk and
the golden age of the 1970s.
“It’s about that someone you’ll never be with and that you allow to remain
inside you as a perfect unspoiled thing, yet still you measure and hold your
real relationship up against it. It’s a dream, an illusion, an unfair fantasy.
Nothing and therefore able to be perfect.”
New Zealand band THE VEILS centred around singer/songwriter Finn Andrews
bagged their 6th LP, named itAsphodels 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: “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.”
Here’s the first preview with heartfelt ballad THE LADDER.
