Track Listing 1. Wild Son 2. Guiding Light 3. Lavinia 4. More Heat Than Light 5. Tide That Left And Never Came Back 6. Leavers Dance 7. Talk Down The Girl 8. Valleys Of New Orleans 9. Vicious Traditions 10. Nowhere Man
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Bernard Butler, Ke, Matthew Olliver | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | PIAS UK/Sony DADC |
Album Notes This 2004 Rough Trade debut by the Veils showcases a sound born out of English post-punk and 1990s American alt-rock. Fronted by guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Finn Andrews (son of Barry Andrews of XTC and Shriekback fame), the Veils feature his throaty, impassioned vocals and emo-leaning songsmithery as their focus. On THE RUNAWAY FOUND, the band delivers on the promise of its stylistic amalgam. Andrews flirts with British jangle-pop on cuts such as "The Wild Son" and "The Tide That Left and Never Came Back," rocks hard on the angst-laden "More Heat Than Light," and tries his hand at melancholic balladry on "The Valleys of New Orleans." Crypto-poetic lyrics and interlocking guitar lines bolstered by clean, large-scale production (by Suede's Bernard Butler on four tracks) lend atmosphere to Andrews's tunes, as do the tastefully applied strings, giving the Veils a Radiohead-esque rock aura.
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