When you blink your eyes...

Several people in the last few months have been telling me how great this CD by Tom Vek called "We Have Sound" is. I kept checking for it at my local record store but they never had it in. Finally I went ahead and just downloaded it from emusic.com.

I really love this album. Its got this quality about the whole album that is really my style of music. The production is kind of rough sounding, not overly polished. It feels very loose. Its fun but not syurpy or poppy in a bad way. Its stylished and cool but doesn't feel too pretentious to me.

I'm sure people will say it borrows too much from 80s influences. I know there was a big wave of that over the last few years and some were doing it just to jump on the bandwagon, but I really like that sound when done right. I do hear the talking heads, joy division/new order, gang of four influences in there for sure but its got its own different momentum behind it for me.

I can put the entire album on repeat and I like all the tracks. Its great rhythmic, dancy sounds, jangly guitars, drum loops, keyboard noises, etc. It keeps me interested and I feel like I've heard a good portion of the music that has influenced Tom Vek, but it holds its own for me. I also thought it was cool to find out it was just one guy doing all this. I've already recommended it to a couple people I thought would like it and they came back with the same feelings I had, so I'm not alone in the positive feelings towards this recording. I hope to see him live sometime this year.