Nux Vomica - The VeilsRelease type, label: album, Rough Trade
Release date: Sep 18 2006
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When the the first wails of Finn Andrews’ throaty voice rasp out from the speakers at the start of Vomica, you know that a different kind of recording is in store. Different from your average rock, yes, but also pleasingly an improvement on 2004’s Runaway Found, praise for which has adorned many a promotional web site for the last couple of years.
Just as Nux-v has been prescribed to induce sickness to purge the body, this music purges it’s author’s feelings and spits them out at us with vigour, and God do we enjoy every drop. It soars from folk to melodic pop, into metal and back downtempo to soothing piano ballad with each stride, often in the same song. If you liked ‘More Heat Than Light’ from that first LPer, this should be right up your oesophagus.
Losing the original three other band members and bringing two fresh New Zealand compatriots to sunny London for this year’s album has apparently worked wonders for Andrews. Where before live shows failed to be represented by the mostly restrained pop-punk composition found on disc, this time the music and even more expressive vocals have put him straight into the premier league with Messrs Cave and Buckley. Get your ass to a pokey little Rough Trade shop and congratulate the staff for their company’s wisdom in getting The Veils signed twice. Then go to a proper store and buy a copy at a reasonable price.
Rating:
Listen
When the the first wails of Finn Andrews’ throaty voice rasp out from the speakers at the start of Vomica, you know that a different kind of recording is in store. Different from your average rock, yes, but also pleasingly an improvement on 2004’s Runaway Found, praise for which has adorned many a promotional web site for the last couple of years.
Just as Nux-v has been prescribed to induce sickness to purge the body, this music purges it’s author’s feelings and spits them out at us with vigour, and God do we enjoy every drop. It soars from folk to melodic pop, into metal and back downtempo to soothing piano ballad with each stride, often in the same song. If you liked ‘More Heat Than Light’ from that first LPer, this should be right up your oesophagus.
Losing the original three other band members and bringing two fresh New Zealand compatriots to sunny London for this year’s album has apparently worked wonders for Andrews. Where before live shows failed to be represented by the mostly restrained pop-punk composition found on disc, this time the music and even more expressive vocals have put him straight into the premier league with Messrs Cave and Buckley. Get your ass to a pokey little Rough Trade shop and congratulate the staff for their company’s wisdom in getting The Veils signed twice. Then go to a proper store and buy a copy at a reasonable price.
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