BLIMEY. When Finn Andrews released The Runaway Found a couple of years ago it sounded like Britain had found an answer to Nick Cave and Tom Waits all rolled into one.

Then the little blighter split his band up and decamped to LA, via his native New Zealand.

Why? To get this new Veils together, and one listen is all it takes to realise what he was up to.

Where the first album tended to be pretty much in your face, this one whispers in your ear and is far more arresting for it.

The title track barks at the moon, but Not Yet laments the ugliness of the world while making note of diseased girl guides.

Advice For Young Mothers To Be is a fanciful celebration of gym slip mums, and Jesus For The Jugular more than honors its brilliant title.