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He goes for years without releasing anything and drops ‘Leisure Seizure’. All of a sudden, Tom Vek has decided to be less of a recluse, releasing this new song ‘You’ll Stay’. The dream of every little boy is lived out in this promo. See what I mean by watching it below. You can buy the song on iTunes but true to form, we don’t know anything about the next album. (Rats.)
Tom Vek has released the new video for his new single ‘Someone Loves You’. The enigmatic dance music pioneer takes full advantage of his trademark – his spectacles – and the result is like a videoed version of a modern art installation. Watch it below.
Listen to and download the Teen Dream remix of this song from this previous MP3 of the Day post.
One of the best songs from his latest album ‘Leizure Seizure’ (album review here), ‘Someone Loves You’ by Tom Vek has been remixed and remimagined by Teen Dream, an act even RCRD LBL doesn’t know too much about. Listen to and download it below. Love it? Hate it? Have at it in the comments.
Tom Vek is going on a 5-date tour of the UK in November, and we’ve got tickets to a couple of the shows to give away.
We have blagged a pair each to the Nottingham Rescue Rooms (13th), Bristol Thekla (14th) and London Shepherds Bush (17th) shows. Want to win? It couldn’t be simpler. Enter your name and email address below and tell us which show you want to win tickets for. Then give us the name of Tom’s newest album released over the summer. We’ll pick one winner for each city from all the correct entries received. The contest closes at 5 PM British time on Monday the 24th of October. Good luck.
This contest is now closed. The winners will be contacted by email shortly.
Tom Vek has a handful of UK dates scheduled for November. Tickets are on sale now.
Thursday 10th November 2011 – Glasgow Arches (added 30 August)
Friday 11th November 2011 – Liverpool Masque (added 30 August)
Sunday 13th November 2011 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Monday 14th November 2011 – Bristol Thekla
Wednesday 16th November 2011 – London Shepherds Bush Empire
Tom Vek has a new video out for ‘Aroused’, what I feel is one of the strongest tracks from his new album ‘Leisure Seizure’ released in June. (Read my review over here.) In an interview with Nowness, Vek explained that the video’s concept is “…a nod to the way in which smoking is used heavily and quite innocently in art and fashion” and “in the video, it represents feelings of being overwhelmed and extremities—both of which tie in with the sentiment of the album”. Agree? Disagree? Watch it below. Personally, I’m not too pleased with it; despite his attempt to bring this issue to people’s attention, I think he’s instead made smoking look cool and possibly grounds to become aroused, and smoking’s just not cool in my book.
There Goes The Fear is where we tell you about the latest tours, gigs, and music we love and think you should too.
We love music that has its heart on its sleeve, tells a story, swims around our head all day or makes us dance like idiots.
The blog is edited by Mary Chang, who is based in Washington DC. She is joined by writers in the UK and America. It was started up by Phil Singer in Bristol, UK.
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