小简介
不少乐队的音乐都是从家中的车库里开始，Tom Vek也不例外。来自英国伦敦的这位80年代小伙子，从小就听着Smashing pumpkins和Pearl Jam长大，努力学习吉他之余还在自家车库里和朋友们玩起乐队，不仅这样，为了能够自己做到自己所想做的音乐，Tom不断的学习相关乐器的演奏，14岁那年的Tom便开始录制一些小样，而这些作品也在随后的时间里得到了他堂兄

Tim Lee（现今电子厂牌Tummy Touch的首脑人物）的赏识，并答应发行。[We Have Sound]是自2001年Tom发布[There's Only One Thing Left Now]便开始筹备的一张处女专辑，然而出于多种的原因，专辑也迟迟未能发行，时至2004年才最后完成了录制，但最终还是等到了2005年才在Tummy

Touch旗下发行，同年10月也经Island Records于美国发行。[We Have Sound]由Tom Vek一手包办乐器录音制作混音等工作，而同期Tom还曾为Blog Party等乐队的演唱会做吉他手。
by Heather PharesLondon's eclectic one-man band Tom Vek combines electronic music with indie rock, punk with dance, and influences like new wave and garage (and also made most of his early recordings in his parents' garage, too). However, as a teen in the mid-'90s, Vek was inspired by grunge and began making rock along the lines of Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam; before that, he backed his guitarist father on bass and drums in their practice space/garage. When his family acquired a reel-to-reel tape recorder when he was 14, Vek began recording his music, which evolved from grungy rock to Warp- and Ninja Tune-influenced electronica as the '90s came to a close. Vek had been sending his music to a friend of the family (who happened to be Alex Cooper, the longtime drummer for Katrina & the Waves) who in turn sent Vek's latest, electronica-inspired music to his cousin (who happened to be Tim Lee, the head of quirky electronic label Tummy Touch). Lee signed Vek to the label, and in 2001 the 7" There's Only One Thing Left Now became Vek's first officially released work. Tummy Touch agreed to release a full-length from Vek, which he began working on in between his graphic design studies at St. Martins. However, Vek's music had morphed again, moving from delicate electronica to something sharper-edged and more rock-based. Singles such as If You Want heralded this new direction, as did gigs (with a full backing band) supporting acts like Bloc Party and Engineers. Vek's debut album, We Have Sound, was released in the U.K. in spring 2005 via Tummy Touch, and then sublicensed by Island/Universal. Startime International released the album in the U.S. that fall.