Vein

Vein, Candy, Regulate, & Living Weapon at The Subterranean in Chicago, IL, USA

Vein’s debut London show was proof music can still shock you

A lemur with a life ring, a mock political campaign poster and a picture of the band dressed as pastry chefs cast your eye over VEIN's album covers and you might think the Swiss trio were playing it for laughs.

The title of Swiss trio Vein's new release, Vote for Vein!, sounds like an offbeat TV satire.

But on their short UK visit with US saxophonist Greg Osby their casually borne scholarship improv edge and ingenious themes steered an intently focused show.

There’s a pub quiz going on in the Flapper’s upstairs bar, but down in the basement the patrons have gathered in their masses with the intention of having their brains scrambled by one of hardcore’s heaviest newer acts, Vein.