Bumped into Vivek Shraya samples at MISSINGTOOF during my Weekend Adventures On The Internets. Some interesting stuff, I think. Don’t ask me why, but I’m going to call him the indie-disco-pop Justin Timberlake. That’ll surely insult someone. Maybe one of his Toronto-based hometown fans. Maybe Vivek himself. Nevertheless, the indie-disco-pop Justin Timberlake he shall be to me.
(Vivek, if you’re searching for yourself on the Internets and happen across this … It’s meant to be a compliment. Oh, and Vivek … It’s okay to search for yourself on the Internets.)
If We’re Not Talking is out on May 15 on Skinsong in the US. So far, no UK label that I could find. Cop a listen over at hisspace. Each of the three songs available (“Chemistry”, “Your Name (ft SaraQuin)”, “Fevered”) is sufficiently different I can’t easily classify a genre into which he can be pigeonholed. Make up you own mind.
