Having toured relentlessly over their illustrious twenty-year career and earning a formidable reputation for their electrifying live performances, The Veils have charted a meteoric rise since their 2004 debut album, “The Runaway Found”. Their sonic evolution has seen them collaborate with boundary-pushing artists like Run the Jewels’ El-P on their 2016 album, “Total Depravity”, while their hauntingly cinematic sound has found a home in the works of legendary directors such as Paolo Sorrentino, Tim Burton, and David Lynch. Now, the band returns with their powerful and evocative new album, “Asphodels”.

Spanning nine gripping tracks, “Asphodels” showcases The Veils’ masterful ability to weave darkly atmospheric, emotionally charged melodies, enriched by lush instrumentation and frontman Finn Andrews’ impassioned vocals. The title track, “Asphodels”, sets the tone with a brooding, poignant intensity, while the melancholic piano-driven “Mortal Wound” enchants with its delicate beauty. Meanwhile, the sweeping, cinematic instrumentation of “Concrete After Rain” further underscores the band’s gift for crafting vivid, emotive soundscapes that linger long after the final note.

Andrews reflects on the release of “Asphodels” and The Veils’ journey as a whole, sharing, “I feel as though this album is the end result of a now disconcertingly long career in music,” says lead singer and songwriter. I think after your 7th album, much like turning 40, you should really just stop counting. I’ve learned a lot along the way, which I suppose is the whole point, and I’ve really distilled it all into these 9 songs. As always, I really just write about love and death – it’s a compulsion – and that is once again the case here. But I feel as though I’ve never been able to express this stuff rattling about in my brain quite as directly until now. I have rarely felt proud of anything I’ve made for very long, but this one feels different. It’s built on a strong foundation I think.”

Listen to the album…