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We Have Sound
by Tom Vek


8.1

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This is the first album for London's 24-year-old, one-man-garage-band Tom Vek.

LABEL:	Star Time / Tummy Touch
RELEASE DATE:	25 October 2005
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Indie, Rock

NOTES: Original UK release 4 April 2005.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Q Magazine

The results are perhaps closest in spirit to Rough Trade-period Scritti Politti, all controlled experimentation and unexpected musical shapes thrown to enhance the songs, rather than indulge musical whims. [May 2005, p.112]

Urb

By the end [Vek] makes a convincing bid for Rookie of the Year. [Oct 2005, p.81]

Prefix Magazine

We Have Sound is one of those albums that rarely has a down moment, and it’s all thanks to Vek’s ability to bring his diverse tracks together.

Blender

Finally: bedroom music from a guy who seems to know his way around the bedroom. [Nov 2005, p.141]

Pitchfork

With a penchant for sloppy dance beats and an ear for sonic minutiae, Tom Vek unites skill sets as antipodal as Rapture and Elvrum.

New Musical Express

A good debut, if strangely restrained. [2 Apr 2005, p.50]

Dusted Magazine

Most of Tom Vek’s influences are at least fifteen years old and easily triangulated. But he’s unencumbered by nostalgia. We Have Sound is so difficult to isolate from Vek’s ass-backwards charisma, I wonder if the man might be a visionary.

Under The Radar

Beats and blips combine with electric guitars to form some pretty stark pieces of music, but all of the songs have enough meat to survive. [#11, p.113]

Junkmedia

A record brimming with potential.

PopMatters

However ephemeral its pleasures, this is still a fun record well worth the frolic.

Rolling Stone

These tracks would sound less like anemic demos if Vek had allowed himself to take advantage of a full studio and a real band. [3 Nov 2005, p.92]

Stylus Magazine

He’s a post-techno indie geek making clattering, dead-end grooves with clumsy-but-endearing melodies splattered over the top like oil stains pressed in symmetrical folds of paper to make a Rorschach pattern that just happens to be a song.

musicOMH.com

Even if you do persevere it's likely you'll find pleasure and irritation in equal measure, but at least he always provokes a reaction - a quality never to be underestimated.

The average user rating for this album is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Sean T gave it a7:
pretty good but not as good as the hype suggests

charles DK gave it a9:
I love this album. Lots of simple bass guitar, beats that flirt with techno and brilliant lyrics. Each song has layer upon layer of sound and is really pleasing to listen to. The almost demo quality is definitely a positive in this case. A brilliantly rounded album that beats the majority of established bands hands down.

Edward gave it a10:
safe

David O gave it an8:
Lo–Fi guitars, sweet synths, eccentric beats and surreal lyrics make this an off the wall joy

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We Have Sound by Tom Vek

We Have Sound
by Tom Vek