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  • Summary: It's been more than six years since Tom Vek released his well received debut album, We have Sound.
  • Record Label: Downtown
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic
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Aroused
You said only a back page Will get us read as the first page Now you're observing the corners That are showing the first signs of ageing I'm not... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
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  1. Vek truly exploits the benefits of being in a one-man band: all instruments and ideas can be used as often or as sparingly as he likes; the feelings of the Mellotron and crumhorn session musicians do not need to be taken into account.
  2. Jun 6, 2011
    80
    How long before the next Vek release remains to be seen, but Leisure Seizure will be stuck in your head long after you quit listening.
  3. Uncut
    Jun 17, 2011
    80
    His more emphatic, aggressive muse is unique and subtly disquieting. [Jul 2011, p.96]
  4. Jun 8, 2011
    62
    Unfortunately, Vek's voice outstays its welcome by the middle of the album. Leisure Seizure is front-loaded with its best material, such that the second half of the record becomes rather tedious.
  5. Aug 24, 2011
    60
    With Leisure Seizure, Vek doesn't retool his sound much -- slabs of jittery synths underpin his urgent yelps, which start to grate over 12 tracks.
  6. Jun 6, 2011
    60
    Nobody else writes songs like him. Alas, the twentysomething has a voice only a mother could truly love.
  7. Mojo
    Jun 21, 2011
    40
    Like a brand-new gadget, it might look smart but Leisure Seizure's obsolescence is built-in. [July 2011, p. 103]

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