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Q MagazineThe 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]
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UrbBy the end [Vek] makes a convincing bid for Rookie of the Year. [Oct 2005, p.81]
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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.
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BlenderFinally: bedroom music from a guy who seems to know his way around the bedroom. [Nov 2005, p.141]
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With a penchant for sloppy dance beats and an ear for sonic minutiae, Tom Vek unites skill sets as antipodal as Rapture and Elvrum.
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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.
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New Musical Express (NME)A good debut, if strangely restrained. [2 Apr 2005, p.50]
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Under The RadarBeats 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]
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A record brimming with potential.
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However ephemeral its pleasures, this is still a fun record well worth the frolic.
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Rolling StoneThese 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]
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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.
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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.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Jun 11, 2012
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SeanTDec 11, 2005pretty good but not as good as the hype suggests
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charlesDKOct 28, 2005