Sun Gangs is the stunning new album from The Veils.
The Veils are Finn Andrews (vocals, guitar, piano, NZ), Sophia Burn (bass, NZ), Dan Raishbrook (guitar, odd noise, England) & Henning Dietz (drums, Germany). Sun Gangs is their third album for Rough Trade.
A bold & distinctive record, Sun Gangs is produced by Graham Sutton (Jarvis Cocker, British Sea Power) & ex-Suede guitarist Bernard Butler (Duffy, Cut Off Your Hands, The Libertines).
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 younger days in Auckland, thousands of miles from his father, Finn sang at a folk club up a volcano, & sidelined a desire to paint when he began hearing musicians like Tom Waits, Nina Simone, Leonard Cohen, Roy Orbison & Bob Dylan – contemplating that there was perhaps more to life than the bleeping Eighties electronica & early days of New Wave which had surrounded his first London foray.
In Sun Gangs, The Veils have brought Finn’s early influences full circle, & created a record that truly lives up to the huge promise & talent that they have always exhibited.
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
