the veils.

For Christmas, K surprised me with tickets to see The Veils this past Thursday. We've seen them three times in Seattle. Years ago, I hopped alone on a last-minute flight to St. Louis to see them with a handful of other folks play a dive bar. 

This show was a little different because it was just Finn, their lead singer. He started writing songs when he was fourteen and released their first album three years later at the ripe old age of seventeen. Impressive. 

There were maybe a hundred at this show in Seattle. And Finn, with a guitar and keyboard.

Surprisingly, he played a few songs from that first album. Since hearing it, coincidentally, being played at a record store on Capitol Hill (a Seattle neighborhood), I've placed it as the #3 album of all time. Behind only Suede's sophomore album Dog Man Star (#1) and Radiohead's third album Ok Computer (#2). One of the songs he played was from their latest album that K had also gotten for me last year on vinyl, Rings of Saturn.

Wow. 

Despite owning the record, I hadn't gotten to it. I've listened to it on repeat more or less since last Thursday. It fits with all that's going on, calm and reassuring, his voice. It's worth a listen.

While the rings of Saturn turn

In the emptiness out there

We’ll each learn to play our part by heart

But only if we dare