Release date: 09-11-2006

2006 EU numbered limited edition 10 track LP Version. Pressing on white HQ vinyl - This their 2nd album is an animal with a huge reach, big ambitions & precise poetic intensity, it is so intimate it's whispering in your ear & so epic it stretches across your entire field of vision and includes the single 'Advice For Young Mothers To Be'.

Tracks:
01. Not Yet 
02. Calliope! 
03. Advice for Young Mothers to Be 
04. Jesus for the Jugular 
05. Pan 
06. Birthday Present 
07. Under the Folding Branches 
08. Nux Vomica 
09. One Night on Earth 
10. House Where We All Live 

It seems like forever ago since I caught The Veils sparsely attended show at The Mercury Lounge on St. Patrick’s day in 2004. The quartet hailing from Devonport, New Zealand makes music in the vein of Travis, Elbow, and Starsailor and put out one of my favorite releases that year with their debut, The Runaway Found. The Veils frontman Finn Andrews draws a fair share of comparisons to the likes of Jeff Buckley and Tom Waits. Anderson, somewhat a musical prodigy on his own was offered a record deal at the age of 16. Not too bad for the son of keyboardist Barry Andrews (XTC, Shriekback).

The Veils are doing a pretty good job of obscuring the lines between genres -- is their second album: A. classic metal, B. Britpop, or C. wild weird indiepop?
Answer: D, all of the above. This New Zealand band has a new lineup and a new sound, not to mention the kind of renewed energy that bands rarely have on their sophomore album. And in "Nux Vomica" they tear through different musical genres, with brilliantly raw results.
The music is a swirl of hard-edged guitar and bass, and sometimes they explode into eruptions of pure hard rock. But the raw instrumentals are laced with some tinkly piano and shimmering keyboard, and Lou Reed collaborator Jane Scarpontoni weaves in some beautiful string arrangements as well. Some songs are catchy, some are fast-paced, but all of them are wonderfully layered. by Sam Kigelman