Leisure Seizure
by Tom Vek
  • Record Label: Downtown
  • Release Date: Oct 4, 2011
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. PopMatters
    Sep 20, 2011
    60
    Where Wolf's songs are sometimes the victim of excess, Vek leaves one struggling to discern what ingredient his songs are missing.
  2. Spin
    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.
  3. No Ripcord
    Jun 8, 2011
    60
    If the past had him outcast and an outsider, Leisure Seizure could be ideally marketed with those label heavyweights like a fabric hook-and-loop fastener.
  5. The Guardian
    Jun 6, 2011
    60
    Nobody else writes songs like him. Alas, the twentysomething has a voice only a mother could truly love.
  6. cokemachineglow
    Aug 22, 2011
    48
    It's well-produced with some nice drums, but it simply has no reason to exist.
  7. Under The Radar
    Jun 24, 2011
    40
    Vek's delivery is anticlimactic and sometimes exasperating. Angular songcraft dies hard.
  8. Q Magazine
    Jun 21, 2011
    40
    Tom Vek's charm has lost its spark. [July 2011, p. 121]
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  9. 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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