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8.0
27663
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Where Vek truly excels is creating simple, catchy tracks with lyrics and beats that become ingrained in your memory
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8.0
27664
8.0 |
The Skinny
Even after half a decade out of the limelight, there's no one making music quite like this guy
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8.0
27726
8.0 |
Uncut
Unique and subtly disquieting. Print edition only
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8.0
27845
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
Inimitable not because of any great innovation or genius, but for the way it seemingly exists in its own perfectly contained universe
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8.0
27872
8.0 |
NME
He is a better composer than Weepy Jamie Woon; a more substantial lyricist than Inconsolable James Blake; and a more engaging producer than Yammering Jamie xx
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8.0
27946
8.0 |
DIY
The return of Tom Vek seems like an excuse for a national holiday
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8.0
28465
8.0 |
State
A few idle listens will leave Leisure Seizure bouncing about your brain for weeks to come
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7.0
27859
7.0 |
musicOMH
A pop scene with an active Tom Vek in it firing his myriad of ideas at the canvas is an infinitely more interesting and fun place to be than one where everyone is mourning his absence
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7.0
27660
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
By and large, fans of We Have Sound will find a lot to love about Leisure Seizure, as Vek mostly remains true to the style he patented in 2005
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7.0
27704
7.0 |
BBC
There's more than enough here to satisfy aficionados of offbeat, fiercely inventive pop music
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6.2
27896
6.2 |
Pitchfork
There's a spark missing on these numbers
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6.0
27971
6.0 |
No Ripcord
One can detect that he’s in the business of writing pop hits, not a pop album
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6.0
28101
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Just as with his first album, the word ‘filler’ becomes unfortunately applicable
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6.0
27662
6.0 |
The Guardian
Nobody else writes songs like him. Alas, the twentysomething has a voice only a mother could truly love
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6.0
31105
6.0 |
Spin
Slabs of jittery synths underpin his urgent yelps, which start to grate over 12 tracks
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6.0
32337
6.0 |
PopMatters
This isn’t quite worthy of the conjecture preceding it
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4.0
27730
4.0 |
Q
Tom Veck's charm has lost its spark. Print edition only
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4.0
27718
4.0 |
Mojo
Seems oddly outmoded, its knowing retro-futurism ironically out of time. Print edition only
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4.0
28567
4.0 |
Under The Radar
Anticlimactic and sometimes exasperating
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