The Runaway Found

The Runaway Found
Studio album by
Released16 February 2004
RecordedGreat Linford Manor, 2 kHz, Parr Street, The Garden and RAK studios, London 2001–2003
GenreFolk rock[1]
Length40:07
LabelRough Trade
ProducerMatthew Ollivier
Bernard Butler
Ken Nelson
The Veils chronology
The Runaway Found
(2004)
Nux Vomica
(2006)
Alternate cover
Promotional CD
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(74%)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Drowned in Sound[4]
The Guardian[5]
Pitchfork Media7.1/10[6]
Playlouder [7]
Q[2]

The Runaway Found is The Veils debut album, released on 16 February 2004. The record was preceded by several singles, from "More Heat Than Light" (November 2002) to "The Wild Son" (January 2004). The last single "Lavinia" was released in November 2003, alongside a first promotional version of the album which featured a different running order and track list. In fact "...& One of Us Must Go" and "Wires to Flying Birds" did not make the final version and were later replaced by "The Wild Son" and "The Valleys of New Orleans". Because of its long gestation (the recording sessions started straight after the band's first deal with Blanco Y Negro in 2001) the record has three different producers: Matthew Ollivier (tracks 3, 4, 6, 9, 10), Bernard Butler (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8) and Ken Nelson (track 7). The fourth song on the set, "More Heat Than Light", gives credits to Finn's father Barry Andrews as co-author. According to the booklet notes the last song of the set, "The Nowhere Man", is taken from the 1954 novel by C.S. Lewis "The Horse and His Boy". The song "Vicious Traditions" was featured during the end credits of the 2007 film Mr. Brooks.

  1. ^ Brown, Marisa. "Nux Vomica Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "The Runaway Found". Metacritic.
  3. ^ Wilson, MacKenzie. "The Veils - The Runaway Found". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Adams, Sean. "Reviews - Albums - The Runaway Things". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007.
  5. ^ Simpson, Dave (12 February 2004). "The Veils, The Runaway Found". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Loftus, Johnny (15 June 2004). "The Veils: Runaway Found Album Review". Pitchfork.
  7. ^ Allen, Jeremy (19 February 2004). "PLAYLOUDER: review - The Runaway Found". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004.