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Banished Music are proud to present the return of globally-beloved indie heroes The Veils, touring New Zealand in March and April 2025 in celebration of their seventh studio album, ‘Asphodels’. Featuring the singles The Ladder and O Fortune Teller, the album is due for release on January 24th, 2025 on V2 Records / Banished From The Universe.

The tour includes a one-off performance with ‘New Zealand’s most indispensable ensemble’ NZTrio at WOMAD, as well as festival performances at Wanaka’s Festival of Colour and the Dunedin Arts Festival, and headline shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.  

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“Following our mid-winter European tour, we are overjoyed to be thawing ourselves in the warm glow of Aotearoa once more," says lead singer and songwriter Finn Andrews. ‘This whole album was written and recorded here, so bringing these songs home will be a very special feeling indeed.”

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The Veils debut album The Runaway Found turned 20 last year which provided Andrews with a healthy dose of existential dread. “I feel as though this album is the end result of a now disconcertingly long career in music,” says Andrews. “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.”

Asphodels will be released on January 24, 2025 on V2 Records/ Banished From The Universe.
Preorders are now available from theveils.com/shop

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A Brief History of The Veils

Since being signed to Rough Trade Records when lead singer Finn Andrews was just 16 years old, The Veils have now released seven studio albums: The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006), Sun Gangs (2009), Time Stays, We Go (2013), Total Depravity (2016), ...And Out Of The Void Came Love (2023), and Asphodels (2025). Finn’s debut solo album One Piece At A Time was released in 2019.

The Veils have toured consistently throughout their over twenty-year history and garnered a formidable reputation as one of the world’s great live bands. As well as a fruitful collaboration with Run the Jewels’ El-P for their 2016 album Total Depravity, they have also been praised by film directors Paolo Sorrentino, Tim Burton and David Lynch who have all used their music on their soundtracks.

Finn now lives in Aotearoa New Zealand with his partner and daughter.

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Praise for The Veils:

 “Refreshingly passionate... Andrews rages with a Herculean intensity.” Guardian

“Horse-whipped, lightning-crash clamor... magnetic.” Pitchfork

“Finn Andrews doesn’t breathe the same air as the rest of us… essential for anyone who likes their music to stand metaphorically on a mountaintop and rage at distant stars.” The Observer

“One of the finest songwriters of his generation.” Drowned in Sound

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