Last night I had a dream about everybody here...

On the "How could I forget how good this is?!" buzz, I feel an overwhelming urge to mention Tom Vek.
I also feel quite ashamed of myself, given the fact that I have not, as of yet, mentioned him already.
I will proceed to hang my head in shame.


(The 'forgot' how good he is is a wee bit of a lie, he's always in the back of my head somewhere, I just feel a little disappointed that I didn't put the album on sooner everytime I listen to it)


We Have Sound, his debut album appeared, around this time of year, in 2005. It reminds me of studying for exams, being in the front seat of my Dad's van, Oxegen 2005 with my best friend and my mum, sunburn, polka dot headbands, those 'aquadrop' sweets that I consumed as an alternative to water in the blistering hit of said festival and sneakily listening to the album through the earphones of my Nokia whatevermodelitwasthatlookedlikeanNGagebutwasn't that was one of the first phones with an MP3 player in the back of Geography class.

The single 'I Aint Saying My Goodbyes' was also possibly the first single I bought on vinyl. It's red and very very pretty. It was purchased in Tower Records whilst visiting Dublin with my Mum... I didn't have a record player, I just liked the thought of owning it on vinyl.

I remember being on a night out once, and one of my friends came running up to me when it was playing. Turned out Ed from Editors was DJing. I went to harass thank him for playing it, turned out he remembered me as being 'the girl that couldn't get in because she was underage' from the last Editors gig... But that my friends is a story for another day...

Getting back to the point, if you haven't heard of, or ever listened to Tom Vek, you should do yourself a favour and Click here, here, and here.

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