Tom Vek - 'If You Want' (Tummy Touch Records)
4/5
By: Toby L
'If you want a war, then you better start fighting.' There's something to commend of the direct approach, expertly adopted by In The City industry-nonsense/conference sensation of 2004, Tom Vek.
'I guess you're proud to be different... If you want the truth, we better start lying...'
There's a whole three minutes of the stuff, and though amusingly formulaic, it's aided no end by a deeply icy, compulsive soundtrack that melts the bass and synths of New Order with the urgency of a post-climatic Interpol. B-side 'A Little In Your Ear', meanwhile, is something altogether different, like The Rapture having nicked Four Tet's decks and laptop by complete accident, while a Playgroup Dub mix of the lead-track is as sexy, messy and rambunctious as one can imagine.
Artists in this article: Tom Vek
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