Veal is fronted by Luke Doucet, whose abilities on guitar are virtually without peer, anchored by the rock-solid, highly animated drummer simply named Chang, and rounded out by Edmonton bassist Nik Kozub, now of Shout Out Out Out Out. A guitar-driven three piece band who serves up a potent live show of American music, Veal draws from country, surf, blues, and rock and roll, and using twisted lyrical imagery that culls up the likes of Tom Waits, John Lennon, David Lowery, Ween, and Lyle Lovett. Their vividly hook-filled and unpredictable brand of rock’n’roll has been a favourite among industry and fans since its inception.

• "The Vancouver trio is a somewhat esoteric band, freely blending a spacious country-roots twang with melodic riffs - the sort of weird-but-likeable sound Radiohead might have produced had its members grown up on the Prairies." - Andrew Flynn, Canadian Press

• "Alternately atmospheric and adrenalized, moody and menacing, skewed and straightforward, Hot Loser evokes everyone from Sonic Youth to the Flaming Lips to the Replacements to Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet" - The Georgia Straight

• "Tilt'O'Whirl contains a full palette of guitar textures - distorted, wobbly, watery, scraping, you name it." - Vancouver Courier

• "Tilt'O'Whirl seduces the ear with burning guitar riffs, latex-tight bass-percussion interplay and Doucet's well-enunciated, poignant lyrics." - The Westender

• "Track after track of pop music a la Veal - catchy choruses and sha-la-la-ing harmonies with snide, insightful lyrics driven through your forehead by the force of DoucetŐs accomplished guitar work." - See Magazine