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On the Shelf 089: the Veils
May. 22nd, 2013 05:59 pmThe Veils may not be what you expect from a British "The (Noun)s" band.
They don't recall the Cribs, the Rakes, the Rifles, the Kills or the Libertines.
They have a bit of a Nick Cave style (usually Australian-associated0 goth country blues sound mixed with the dark side of new wave as popularized by The Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen.
Nux Vomica came out in 2006 and quietly became one of those records that come along to define the decade. A record to be celebrated who like their gloom with the appropriate blend of pop as caught on lead single "Advice to Young Mothers to Be".
The follow-up 2009's Sun Gangs was probably going to always be a letdown, and it went to serve as another reminder that some bands hit a chord at the right time and then that is it.
Which brings us to 2013's Time Stays We Go. Reviews have been a mixed bag split between those who can see a return to form, and those who seem to have permanently wrote them off.
I am in the first group. There's a lot to like about the album which touches on the bands strength which is a bit nostalgia bordering but never quite crossing into goth.
I'd recommend at least a quick preview. If you want some hip bona fides, it is a second generation frontman (though father Barry Andrews of
Shreikback and XTC fame is a bit obscure) and Bernard Butler was an early champion and producer.
They don't recall the Cribs, the Rakes, the Rifles, the Kills or the Libertines.
They have a bit of a Nick Cave style (usually Australian-associated0 goth country blues sound mixed with the dark side of new wave as popularized by The Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen.
Nux Vomica came out in 2006 and quietly became one of those records that come along to define the decade. A record to be celebrated who like their gloom with the appropriate blend of pop as caught on lead single "Advice to Young Mothers to Be".
The follow-up 2009's Sun Gangs was probably going to always be a letdown, and it went to serve as another reminder that some bands hit a chord at the right time and then that is it.
Which brings us to 2013's Time Stays We Go. Reviews have been a mixed bag split between those who can see a return to form, and those who seem to have permanently wrote them off.
I am in the first group. There's a lot to like about the album which touches on the bands strength which is a bit nostalgia bordering but never quite crossing into goth.
I'd recommend at least a quick preview. If you want some hip bona fides, it is a second generation frontman (though father Barry Andrews of
Shreikback and XTC fame is a bit obscure) and Bernard Butler was an early champion and producer.
