I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes - Music

London's Eclectic One-Man Band Tom Vek Born 1981 London UK 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 . 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. 6-6-2011 His Long Awaited Second Album Leisure Seizure Was Finally Released On Island. read less