The Veils – Sun Gangs
 7/10

The press release projects that this is the first proper offering from The Veils, that their first two forays, Runaway Found and Nux Vomica, didn’t quite showcase their talent enough. Nux Vomica was a widely celebrated and mature achievement, but Sun Gangs sees the band swiftly assert their talent even further. The glossy lushness of Bernard Butler’s production never strays from its reputation of oft-overproduced overkill. This time, however, it seems to work (he produced Sit Down By The Fire, the rest of the album was produced by Graham Sutton). It seems that Finn Andrews has been listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen, with his moody dramatic sentiments shining through in the harrowing and heartbroken languor of his voice and his destructively emotive piano/guitar strum marriage. There could also be comparisons made to Jack White in Andrews’ erratic shouty vocals in Killed By The Boom, but in softer tracks such as The House She Lived In he shows a more subdued side.