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The album's a wonderful step forward from an already strong foothold, theatrical without being overdone, introspective without being saccharine, and makes for an excellent piece of work.
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Knowing that music of this stripe is only pretentious if it doesn’t work, it’s a near miracle that the entire album holds up, front to back, even those ballads in the second half that might have ruined lesser works.
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One of the most exciting and substantial records so far this year.
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There are lugubrious shades of Tom Waits and antipodean gothfather Nick Cave here, but Nux Vomica has its own type of elegant, seductive power.
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Nux Vomica retains its predecessor's flair for the grandiose, but repositions the Veils as purveyors of a gothic Americana, inhabiting desert-stormy vistas that are just expansive enough to house the band's most valuable asset: Andrews' magnetic, outsize persona.
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Nux Vomica is a dramatic and powerful statement about uncertain futures, strong-felt regrets, and occasional, barely concealed joy.
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An interesting, good album: more inventive, heavy, meaningful, and memorable than the Veils’ first.
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A refreshingly passionate record.
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UncutOutside of fashion, and as exciting as The Bunnymen's second, Heaven Up Here. [Oct 2006, p.133]
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Under The RadarAn unruly beast filled with vim and vigor, unrestrained in fits of rage, questioning, and discontent. [#17, p.87]
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MarkMMay 6, 2007
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ThomasApr 26, 2007The young Finn Andrew sings like his been around as long as Nick Cave. A very raw and dark album. I love it.