Artist.......: The Veils
Album........: Live de la Semaine
Label........: n/a
Genre........: AlternRock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: Jun-16-2009
Str.date.....: May-00-2009
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.theveils.com/
track title time
Live de la Semaine
01. StΘphane Saunier - Intro
02. The Veils - Three sisters
03. The Veils - The letter
04. The Veils - It hits deep
05. The Veils - Sit down by the fire
06. The Veils - The house she lives in
07. The Veils - Larkspur
08. StΘphane Saunier - Ending
Runtime 30:23 min
Size 35,8 MB
Release Notes:
Recorded / Performed : May 2009 (France / Canal+)
As the son of keyboardist Barry Andrews (XTC, Shriekback),
the Veils' Finn Andrews knew nothing else except a world
full of music and art. He had plans to become a painter as
a young lad; however, a move to his grandmother's abode in
Devonport, New Zealand (near Auckland) with his mother
pointed Andrews in a different direction during his
teenage years. He frequented the local folk scene to
escape the ho-hum of country living. Once consumed with
his father's electronic work from the 1980s, Andrews was
now interested in Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, and Tom Waits.
In 2001, Andrews (vocals/guitar), then 18, returned to
London. He befriended Ben Woollacott (drums), Adam
Kinsella (bass), and Oliver Drake (guitar), and in a few
months time the Veils were born. By fall, Rough Trade's
Geoff Travis signed the foursome to the Blanco y Negro
imprint, and immediately the Veils began working on their
first album. They issued the single "Guiding Light" in
2002; however, contractual disparities and artistic
differences with Blanco y Negro turned into a two-year
battle until Travis signed the Veils to Rough Trade proper
in mid-2003. Luckily, the Veils were able to keep songs
recorded during that time. A second single, the lovelorn
"Lavinia," was well received at indie rock radio in the
U.K.. Shared dates with the Raveonettes, Beth Orton, and
British Sea Power preceded the spring 2004 release of the
Veils' debut, The Runaway Found.
The album had only been out two months when Andrews
announced the departure of Woollacott, Kinsella, and
Drake. In late June 2004, Andrews explained via the Veils'
website (www.theveils.com) that a second album was already
in the works, but that the original members would not be
involved. Instead, he had returned to New Zealand, where
he met up with former high-school classmates Sophia Burn
(bass) and Liam Gerard (piano, organ), who then went back
with him to London to begin Nux Vomica, the Veils'
sophomore release, an album that then came out in the
winter of 2006 (and the spring of 2007 in the U.S.). For
the accompanying tour Andrews added drummer Henning Dietz
and guitarist Dan Raishbrook to the band. Sun Gangs
arrived in spring 2009.