It was about three months on and off and we’d leave and drive either to L.A. I didn’t know what to expect, but we had a lot of fun. I found it really interesting, for we knew we’d stick out a bit and people in England talk about the Bible Belt and all that. We didn’t know if it was east or west or in the middle or down the bottom or near the top. We literally did not know where we were after a while. We would return there in between touring and that was our first encounter with America, really. We were literally swamped and didn’t know where we were at any point. The police followed us and raided the place a couple of times. We were all pretty curious about the Bible Belt and that stuff and we met a lot of really interesting people. Tell us about that.įinn Andrews (singer/songwriter): We slept in a classic car garage most of the time. You stayed for a spell in the Flaming Lips’ hometown of Norman, OK. In this interview by Ron Garmon, Finn gives up a glimpse of characteristic romanticism while putting discreet end to some rumors. The Veils have undergone significant line-up shifts, but the band’s impressive energy and Finn’s ever-maturing lyrics and magniloquent vocals pay off superbly on Sun Gang, their third album now out on Rough Trade. American rock critics, after their oft-coldblooded fashion, took note of the battered heart of frontman Finn Andrews-son of XTC keyboardist Barry Andrews-since The Runaway Found first blipped the indie radar back in 2004.
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