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Advice for Young Mothers to Be

The Veils , Music Video – 2006

from the album Nux Vomica (2006)

Former schoolmates having babies were Finn Andrews' inspiration for this elegant, optimistic piece of chamber pop from the second Veils album Nux Vomica (named for the poison tree which produces strychnine and a homeopathic remedy). The delightfully wry video finds the band's performance in a pink-swathed set invaded by crawling babies and toddlers. The song celebrates a single mother's right to raise her child; the band's interactions with the babies suggests they'll be content to keep the next generation at arm's length for quite some time.

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Suzanne Schurgers

Director

Acknowledgements

This video was sourced from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision - TVNZ Collection

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