The Veils Embrace Life on New Album 'Fragile World' - Out Now
Following the critically acclaimed release of ‘Asphodels’ in 2025, The Veils quickly return with a bold and invigorated new album titled ‘Fragile World’, out today 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.
Frontman Finn Andrews says:
“I make each album, generally, as a kind of atonement for the last. Asphodels was so quiet and introspective, I think I just wanted to make something strident and full of life for a goddamn change."
This can be heard on the first single “Lungs” which has a yearning drive as Andrews sings: "I wish there was somewhere we could go / Somewhere my heart will not succumb / I want to hear it in my voice / I want to feel it in my lungs".
The opening track “Aurora”, with its very tasteful video, was written as it was being recorded, inspired by a huge geomagnetic storm that raged over New Zealand that day, while a song like “Little White Bird (Fragile World)” outlines the overall theme of the album as if Nina Simone and Arthur Russell are having a little dance. Focus track “My Foolish Heart” contradicts that with a piano-based almost Country/Folk style.
From lonely, fragile ballads via uplifting tracks to the first ever cover to appear on a Veils album (Sinéad O'Connor – “In This Heart”), 'Fragile World' is Finn Andrewsmost diverse work yet.
Listen to 'Fragile World' HERE
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 graduallycoalesce 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.
Listen to 'Fragile World' HERE
Alongside the album, new UK tour dates are confirmed:
- Tue 01 Dec 2026 UK Manchester YES
- Wed 02 Dec 2026 UK Glasgow G2
- Thu 03 Dec 2026 UK Leeds Brudenell Social Club
- Fri 04 Dec 2026 UK London Islington Assembly Hall
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