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Tonight's Festivities 15 April 2009 in The Veils
Sophia from the Veils has started a blog that features some insightful writings. One particular piece documents the band reading all of their most recent reviews together, a situation we’ve all probably wondered about considering the notoriously fragile mindsets of certain creative types. It also has information on where to buy up to 6 Mangoes for a pound and so is definitely worth a look.
The Veils are playing tonight in London at Dingwalls with Goldheart Assembly, tickets?
Here’s front man Finn Andrews with a recently recorded acoustic session at the ICA…
UnVeiled... New Video & Tour Dates 31 March 2009 in The Veils
“Where I Lead Me”, taken from the new album ‘Sun Gangs’ available from 6th of April…
15th April – London – Dingwalls
16th April – Brighton – The Hope
17th April – Guildford – Boiler Room
18th April – Reading – Oakford Social Club
20th April – Nottingham – Bodega
21th April – Manchester – Ruby Lounge
22nd April – Cardiff – Bar Fly
23rd April – Birmingham – Rainbow
24th April – Preston – Mad Ferret
25th April – Glasgow – Y Club
Explore London 5 January 2009 in The Veils
By joining the Veils on a marathon excursion that follows a muddled route around the capital via grimey gig venues and watch the band play live over four consecutive dates, 4 whole gigs one after another without a break in 4 different corners of the capital… it’s surely the greatest test of endurance since anyone last tried to watch Dune without falling asleep.
Ginglik, Shepherds Bush – 2 Feb
Enterprise, Camden – 3 Feb
Windmill, Brixton – 4 Feb
Macbeth, Shoreditch – 5 Feb
Ginglik
Biography
The Veils have released three albums with Rough Trade, their debut came in 2004 with ‘The Runaway Found’, an album that found praise throughout the music press and was followed in 2006 by ‘Nux Vomica’, host to one undoubtedly one of the best singles of the year Advice For Young Mothers To Be. Third album ‘Sun Gangs’ was released April 2009 and saw them settling in to the best music of their career, with songs like first single ‘The Letter’….
The Veils are never afraid to explore an idea and set out on meandering rock excursions in the vein of Patti Smith or Lou Reed. For instance, the mesmeric “Larkspur” which hunts for nine minutes for its revelatory moment is no less than astounding. That’s another from Sun Gangs, the title of which we must warn is a red herring, these guys are definitely from the same noir side of the tracks as Nick’s Bad Seeds. It may be emotionally heavy tales of doomed love and man but you’ve never heard them played out with such vigour. Enjoy.
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