The Veils

Following the critically acclaimed release of Asphodels in 2025, The Veils return with a bold and invigorated new album, Fragile World, out June 19 on V2 Records.

Arriving just over a year after their last release, Fragile World marks a striking shift in tone and energy for the band.

Recorded live to tape in New Zealand by Paddy Hill, with production by Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, The Chills, Folk Bitch Trio), Fragile World captures The Veils in an urgent and instinctive mode.

The album’s title is both a reflection of the present moment – a time in which many institutions appear to be crumbling before our eyes – and a metaphor for the act of creation itself. The process of making music, Andrews notes, is a delicate and fragile undertaking where thousands of small decisions gradually coalesce into a finished whole.

“We went into the studio with a lot of songs, but very little idea of the arrangements or instrumentation. It was truly exciting having no idea what this record would sound like and only a few weeks to figure it out. It’s mostly Tom and I playing everything, with Joseph McCallum coming in at times. It was all very instinctual, quite full-on, and scary at times – but a good kind of scary, not scary like the real world out there.”

With its immediacy, intensity, and emotional clarity, Fragile World stands as one of The Veils’ most compelling releases to date.

The Veils — Fragile World
Out June 19, 2026

A Brief History of The Veils

Since being signed to Rough Trade Records when lead singer Finn Andrews was just 16 years old, The Veils have now released eight studio albums: The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006), Sun Gangs (2009), Time Stays, We Go (2013), Total Depravity (2016), …And Out Of The Void Came Love (2023), Asphodels (2025) and Fragile World (2026).

The Veils have toured consistently throughout their over twenty-year history and garnered a formidable reputation as one of the world’s great live bands. As well as a fruitful collaboration with Run the Jewels’ El-P for their 2016 album Total Depravity, they have also been praised by film directors Paolo Sorrentino, Tim Burton and David Lynch, who have all used their music on their soundtracks.

The Veils made their glorious return to the stage in 2023/24 with sold out shows across Europe, North America & Australasia through 2023-2025. The band will begin touring significantly again in support of Fragile World through 2026.

Praise for The Veils:
‘…a testament to the band’s unwavering evolution, with each album reflecting a bold
progression in their sound and a deeper, more refined intensity. Earmilk

‘Asphodels is a masterclass in atmosphere and emotional depth, with The Veils plumbing the profound recesses of their hearts and presenting the raw, unvarnished treasures they find there. It’s an album that lingers, its haunting beauty impossible to forget.’ XSNoize

“Refreshingly passionate… Andrews rages with a Herculean intensity.” Guardian

“Horse-whipped, lightning-crash clamor… magnetic.” Pitchfork

“Finn Andrews doesn’t breathe the same air as the rest of us… essential for anyone who likes their music to stand metaphorically on a mountaintop and rage at distant stars.” The Observer