The Veils

The Veils

When I hear bands like this I can tell that they strayed away from popular culture a bit and delved into books and films that were rich in dark and mysterious themes or maybe it just runs through the songwriters blood.

They wrote a song called Jesus for the Jugular which is probably the best thing I've heard in a while.  He has a voice there is no doubt about that.  His voice ranges in emotional intensity and while they deliver a good pop song the thing which drew me to them were songs like Nux Vomica which in my opinion is them at their best and is probably more like how they sound live.  They come at you with violent stabs on the keyboards, drums and guitar then break into silence as the story continues.  It's a song about being angry about things that you should fucking be angry about and I would be annoyed at anyone who called this sort of thing disaffected which is a term I've grown to dislike.  He preaches "you see my sad wife and my high margin of profit, but you don't care at all"  then later he screams/demands/screeches out "I'll see you all and I'll raise you" with all the intensity of teeth ripping through flesh as it comes at you like a warning or a premonition.   While their music has this sort of violent intensity it also does escape into songs that are very listenable and he shows other sides to his voice and the music is melodic nice and catchy.

 I can't say enough good things about Jesus for the Jugular (free download)  but you might decide on your own favourites.