tom vek

I know I promised to review my recent purchases on here but I just wanted to note that as much as I really do like Tom Vek's lo-fi garage collage of layered textures, I can't hear certain tracks (try track four, A Little Word in Your Ear) without thinking of Mark E Smith from The Fall. I don't know if Vek cites such influences as the Fall, but it would be hard to believe that his vocal style wasn't at least partially derived from Mark E Smith's original vocal style. I only mention it here because I bet there are many out there that do have this album and find it to be genius, but are nevertheless unaware of The Fall's existence, and that would be an indie rock shame.