The Veils unveil November Australian dates

THE VEILS announce their long awaited Australian tour dates!
Wednesday 25 November - The Zoo, Brisbane
Friday 27 November - Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney
Saturday 28 November - The Toff In Town, Melbourne

Having released their third album SUN GANGS to worldwide critical acclaim earlier this year, talk of an Australian tour has been highly anticipated.

Australian’s have had a long distance love affair with The Veils since the release of their debut album ‘The Runaway Found’ and then with the Triple J anthem ‘Advice For Young Mothers To Be’ from the ‘Nux Vomica’ album. The last Australian tour saw the band sell out shows in Melbourne and Sydney.

The Veils are Finn Andrews, (vocals, guitar, piano, New Zealand) Sophia Burn, (bass, New Zealand) Dan Raishbrook (guitar, odd noise, England) and Raife Burchell (drums, England).

Finn’s father Barry Andrews was a founding member of the highly influential group XTC in the late 1970s, later going on to tour with the likes of Robert Fripp & Brian Eno, Iggy Pop & David Bowie.

In ‘Sun Gangs’ The Veils have brought Finn’s early influences full circle, and created a record that truly lives up to the huge promise and talent that they have always exhibited. Their live shows continue to receive rave reviews throughout the world, with the LA Times recently posting

“... as far as their set last night went, it was probably the most moving, unsettling and unexpectedly haunting thing I've seen in rock music this year... terrifying in all the best ways."

Tickets on sale now. Shows will sell out so be sure to purchase tickets early.
Wednesday 25 - The Zoo, Brisbane - Oztix 1300 762 545 www.oztix.com.au
Friday 27 - Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney - Moshtix 1300 Get Tix (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au
Saturday 28 - The Toff In Town, Melbourne - Moshtix 1300 Get Tix (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

New album Sun Gangs out now on Rough Trade/ Remote Control

New video from The Veils - Begin Again

Reportage style video for the last track on Sun Gangs made by Sean Gratton, New Zealands hottest young video director.



Sun Gangs is out now through Rough Trade/ Remote Control.

New video The Veils on Sun Gangs [short film]

"Sun Gangs has it all: strong songwriting, excellent performances and an interesting lyrical bent... dense, electic and moving" Inpress

"truly great... staggering" Drum Media

"masterful and melodic" **** Rave

"suave yet haunting" **** MX

Sun Gangs has been out for a little while now and the concensus amongst the critics is that while its predecessor Nux Vomica put the band on the map, Sun Gangs is the band's best album yet.

Here's a short film about the album with singer Finn Andrews and bass player Sophia Burn.



Sun Gangs is out now through Rough Trade/ Remote Control.

The Veils - Where I Lead Me video

Here's the latest live video of The Veils acoustic in London.



Sun Gangs is out April 4.

The Veils - The Letter video

Here's the new video for The Veils track The Letter that we posted the mp3 of last week.

Enjoy!

A Letter from The Veils

As we mentioned last month, The Veils very fine third album Sun Gangs is due out April 4.

"The Veils [are] purveyors of gothic Americana, inhabiting desert-stormy vistas that are just expansive enough to house the band's most valuable asset: Andrew's magnetic outsize persona." Pitchfork

Here's a taste of what it sounds like
The Letter [mp3]

The Letter is on the album Sun Gangs, available now [iTunes]

The Veils acoustic in London

The Veils are set to release their new album Sun Gangs next month.

To give you a taste of what's to come, here's a video of Finn Andrews performing acoustically at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London:


Sun Gangs is out April 4.

The Veils to release new album, 'Sun Gangs'

The Veils are Finn Andrews, Sophia Burn, Dan Raishbrook and Henning Dietz. Sun Gangs is their third album, and without a doubt their finest to date.

Produced by Graham Sutton (Jarvis Cocker, British Sea Power), Sun Gangs is by turns epic, desolate, wildly romantic and anguished. Described by Finn as “a very modern mixture of prayers, love letters and personal record keeping”, it is their most ambitious record yet ranging from the yearning elegy of Sit Down By The Fire, to the charred, mantis-like groove of Killed By The Boom - this is a record unlike many we are likely to hear this year.

Tracklisting
1. Sit Down By The Fire
2. Sun Gangs
3. The Letter
4. Killed By The Boom
5. It Hits Deep
6. Three Sisters
7. The House She Lived In
8. Scarecrow
9. Larkspur
10. Begin Again

Sun Gangs is due out early April. The Veils will be previewing tracks from the album on their myspace over the next two months. Up now is the track Three Sisters.