Music Is My Weapon

Tom Vek is a man obsessed with his own mortality. This 24 year old Londoner is a multi-instrumentalist, an incisive lyricist, and a musician with raw but differing aesthetics. His debu album, We Have Sound buzzes with a raw garage rock energy, driven a long by subtle electronic touches and a backbone od rigid, angular funk.

From the battle-wounded soldier he plays in the video for "C-C (You Set the Fire In Me)" to the lyrics in "I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes" ("There is still so much to do / I can't be more than halfway through"), Vek seems fixated on making a mark before his time on this planet is up. If the 24-year old Londoner's debut album - We Have Sound - is any indication, he's got nothing to worry about.

At a time when everybody and their hip uncle has a dance-punk band, Sound shows why Vek towers above his peers: the guy's got soul. To this end, his music's got a sheen of relentless optimism. Funny that a guy so keen on death could create music to make you feel so alive.