my new favourite band just might be the veils. brit band fronted by volcano-trekking kiwi named finn. three points in their favour right there. tick tick tick. taken under the wing of geoff travis, first signed to legendary blanco y negro label (everything but the girl, jesus and mary chain), now on rough trade (the smiffs!). tick tick. have the same sweeping grandeur of the triffids, *not* U2. tick. cover of album seems to suggest an affinity to the romance of the road and the western united states, unfortunately not unlike u2. oh well.