The Veils are a British–New Zealand indie rock project led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Finn Andrews. Signed to Rough Trade Records when Andrews was sixteen, the group began its recorded career with The Runaway Found in 2004, introducing a dramatic form of alternative rock built around his distinctive voice, literary songwriting and emotionally volatile performances.
Nux Vomica followed in 2006 and became one of the defining albums of their early career. Its mixture of intimate ballads, biblical imagery and explosive guitar arrangements established the theatrical tension that would remain central to The Veils. Sun Gangs arrived in 2009, followed by Time Stays, We Go in 2013, broadening the group’s music through increasingly cinematic production and arrangements that moved between folk restraint and full-band intensity.
The band took a more experimental direction with Total Depravity in 2016. Created with producers El-P and Adam “Atom” Greenspan, the album incorporated manipulated loops, electronic textures and industrial rhythm alongside Andrews’s established narrative songwriting. Songs including Axolotl and Low Lays the Devil introduced The Veils to another audience, while Axolotl was subsequently featured in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return.
After a lengthy interval between albums, The Veils returned with ...And Out of the Void Came Love in 2023. Written during a period of major personal change, the record explored parenthood, isolation, mortality and emotional renewal through expansive arrangements and some of Andrews’s most autobiographical writing.
Asphodels followed in 2025, continuing the increasingly intimate and atmospheric direction of the project. Rather than waiting through another extended recording cycle, Andrews returned little more than a year later with Fragile World, the eighth Veils studio album, released through V2 Records in June 2026.
Recorded live to tape in New Zealand with producer Tom Healy and contributions from Joseph McCallum, Fragile World was created with minimal advance planning and an intentionally instinctive approach. The record replaced the carefully layered atmosphere of some earlier releases with a more immediate and urgent band sound, while its lyrics reflected on social instability, fragile institutions and the equally delicate process through which creative work comes into existence.
Across eight studio albums, The Veils have repeatedly changed their arrangements and production without losing the central character of Andrews’s writing. Their work has also appeared in productions by filmmakers including Paolo Sorrentino, Tim Burton and David Lynch, reflecting the darkly cinematic quality that runs throughout their catalogue.
