‘Sun’ comes out

Finn Andrews and The Veils get it together

 

Andrews

“You can really hear the relationships within.”   Andrews Photo: PAUL BERGEN/GETTY

 

The Veils released their third studio album in April, but “Sun Gangs” is something of a new beginning for the London-by-way-of-New Zealanders. Since forming in 2002, the band has gone through a number of different members and called three continents home — for “Sun,” they lived the glam life in a garage while recording in Oklahoma. But the way frontman Finn Andrews sees it, there was no other choice but to keep working.

Q: How is the new album different from previous albums?

A: “Sun Gangs” is very much a new chapter for the band — it’s all of us playing as one and not just fumbling around in the dark as it’s felt like in the past.

Q: There have been several changes to your lineup — was there a time you thought of giving up and going solo?

A: This has always been kind of a solo project under a band name, though that’s changed a lot recently. I feel like if the recordings came out under my name, there’d never be room for the band to leave their mark — it would always just be me and whoever else. I love the sound of four people in a room just playing together. Music is so transparent; you can really hear the relationships within.

Q: So what made you want to write music in the first place?

A: Writing was just something I started to do around 13, then it became all I wanted to do. It was never a choice.

The Veils
Tomorrow, 8 p.m.
Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston St., $14
www.mercuryloungenyc.com