ANYONE whose ears can withstand the tortured wailings of The Veils' singer-songwriter Finn Andrews must need them syringing.
At points during Nux Vomica - particularly on opener Not Yet - the listener really suffers for his art.
The album takes a significant step backwards from Andrew's intelligent, subtle debut, The Runaway Found. He is clearly missing the his original musicians.
This album has an entirely new line-up to assist Andrews in his bold attempt at mimicking the dark, pained style of Nick Cave.
As Jesus For The Jugular highlights, the only thing this has achieved is to give us a headache, but the sheer sing-a-longability of Advice For Young Mothers To Be shows there is still hope.
Some free advice: ask back the original line-up and pipe down a bit.
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