Musician and entrepreneur Tom Vek is building a digital music player, but don’t call it retro

<figure> <img alt="Musician Tom Vek taking a selfie with his Sleevenote music player." data-caption="Tom, we can’t see your face. | Image: Tom Vek" data-portal-copyright="Image: Tom Vek" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/P1120126.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Tom, we can’t see your face. | Image: Tom Vek </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tom Vek burst onto the scene in 2005 with his album <em>We Have Sound</em>, which garnered a solid <a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8540-we-have-sound/">7.6</a> from the tastemakers of the day over at <em>Pitchfork</em>. His undeniably catchy brand of dancy indietronica landed him an appearance on <em>The OC</em> and placement on the <em>Grand Theft Auto IV</em> soundtrack. His follow-up, <em>Leisure Seizure</em>, had a lengthy gestation period, but arrived in 2011 to similar success, reaching No. 79 on the UK charts.</p> <div class="bandcamp-embed"><a href="https://tomvek.bandcamp.com/album/we-have-sound" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">View Link</a></div> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vek has continued to release music at regular intervals over the last 15 years, dropping <em>Newer Symbols</em> in 2022. But in 2020 he started toying with this idea he had for a music player called Sleevenote. Inspired by viny …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/976872/tom-vek-musician-entrepreneur-sleevenote-interview">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>