The Veils - The Ladder [Official 4K Video]

From The Veils new album Asphodels, released January 24, 2025 on V2 Records.

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Director - Tu Neill
Cinematographer - Ben Montgomery
1st AC/Focus Puller - Natsuki Arai
Grip - Jesse Currie
Production Assist - Tyla Bow
Editor - Tu Neill
Colourist - Dave Gibson
Stylist - Vlad Tichen

Thanks to Parihoa, Panavision and Jim Speers.

This music video was made with funding from NZ On Air.

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Produced by Finn Andrews
Engineered & mixed by Paddy Hill at Roundhead Studios
Assisted by De Stevens and Alex Corbett
Mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road Studios
String arrangements by Victoria Kelly

Finn Andrews - Vocals, piano, guitar, drums
Cass Basil - Bass
Ashley Brown - Cello
Miranda Adams - Violin
James Xin - Violin
Robert Ashworth - Viola

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The Ladder

Far across the water
Out of sight of land
Clinging to my last hope
With her rock in my left hand

Let it come without a warning
Let it run without a plan
Out among the breakers
In the sediment and sand

Lead me to the ladder
To anywhere instead
Out across the water
Of the river of the dead

Lead me to the ladder
Of black amethyst and lead
Out across the water
In the valley of the dead

Lead me to the ladder.

Woven through this abiding pain
A single thread shines bright again
Thunder raging high on the hill
Darkness moving in for the kill

Lead me to the ladder
To anywhere instead
Out across the water
Of the river of the dead

Lead me to the ladder
Of black amethyst and lead
Out across the water
In the valley of the dead

Love, I’ll meet you at the ladder.