The sounds

Beginning of a music career

The Sounds appeared when childhood friends Felix Rodriguez and Johan Bengtsson decided to create a group of their friends, including drummer Fredrik Nilsson. Maya Ivarsson , a former classic forge player, was invited to the team as the lead soloist. Then they accidentally met Jesper Anderberg at . The group got its name a few months later during a trip to London .

The group recorded their first album, Living in America , in 2002, while they were just finishing school. This album immediately skyrocketed to 4th place in the Swedish charts and won several awards, including the Swedish Grammy . The team won the attention of listeners even in America: quite a few concerts were played, the group spent a lot of time on tours with such stars as Foo Fighters and The Strokes .

In addition, The Sounds participated in all evening television shows, and was not deprived of the attention of the press, including the Sunday supplement to The New York Times , which is a great success for any group. They managed to attract fans of world-famous stars such as Dave Grohl , Farrell Williams , Quentin Tarantino , Bam Marger and even Britney Spears into their camp.

“It's incredible to be from such a small Swedish town and be popular with such celebrities, ” said Jesper Underberg. “ But it's great when we play, and people like it!” This is the most important thing for us. ”

Securing Success

The band's second album, Dying to Say This to You , is an even stronger mix of punk and pop. Imprisoned by a music trust, which included producer The Jeff Saltzman ( The Killers " Hot Fuss "), with support from James Ihee ( The Smashing Pumpkins , A Perfect Circle ) and (co-owners of the record company Scratchie Records), as well as the mixer ( Radiohead , Pixies , Hole ), the album is a diverse and deeper version of the sound compared to what they played in the beginning:

“Rock songs are more rock and electronic are more electronic, ” says Maya . “ One song even has disco motifs like Erasure has , but you still feel like this is typical The Sounds music.”

Albums

• Living in America ( November 11 , 2002 ) # 3 SWE
• Dying to Say This to You ( March 21 , 2006 ) # 8 SWE
• Crossing The Rubicon ( June 2 , 2009 )
• Something To Die For ( 2011 )
• Weekend (2013)

Collections

• “Painted by Numbers” is included in Gothic Magazine's “The Gothic Compilation 34”
• Rock'n Roll is included in Viva La Bands Issue 1
• Ego is included in Viva La Bands Issue 2

US Singles

• Living in America / The SOUNDS (August 2002 )
• Song with a Mission / Goodbye 70s (January 2006 )
• Painted By Numbers (2006)
• Tony the Beat (2006)

UK Singles

• Tony The Beat (2007)
• Painted By Numbers (UK version) (2007).

Swedish singles

• Hit Me! / Fire (2002) - # 26 Sweden
• Living In America (2002) - # 3 Sweden
• Seven Days A Week (2003) - # 20 Sweden
• Dance With Me (2003)
• Rock'n Roll (2003) - # 27 Sweden
• Song with a Mission (2006) - # 22 Sweden
• Tony the Beat (2006)
• Painted By Numbers (2006)

Demo Songs

• Under my skin
• Bombs Bombs Away (alt. Version)
• 24 hour love
• Turn Back The Time (Breathe)
• Go! (You Will Never See Me Down Again)
• Come inside
• She moves
• Free, Free, Free *
• Like A Lady (demo version) *
• Fire (demo version) *

B-Sides and Other Songs

• Bombs Bombs Away (Teenage Battlefield) (from the German movie "Big Girls Don't Cry")
• Goodbye 70s (B-side is available on the Japanese release of "Dying To Say this to You")
• Night After Night (Reggae Version) (a very rare and never-released version of the song, performed several times in live performances)
• Song With A Mission (Dance Mix)
• Rock and Roll (The Pop Rox Mix)

Other Song

• Seven Days a Week from the Living in America album was used in the following games: FIFA 2005 .
• Dance With Me was used in Destination 2 along with Rock'n Roll .
• Queen of Apology was used in the movie Destination 3 . A remix of this song can be found among the soundtracks for the movie Snakes on a Plane .
• Rock'n Roll and Ego were included in Viva La Bands .
• The band appeared in the last season of Bam's Unholy Union
• Teenage Battlefield was used in the German film Big Girls Don't Cry .
• Rock'n Roll was used in the movie Wedding Crashers .
• As a result of voting, Tony The Beat was included in the list (at number 43) of the best songs of the year according to the version of Rolling Stone magazine ^[2] .
• Tony The Beat was used in the film Music & Lyrics .
• Like a Lady was used in the Swedish film Hip Hip Hora.
• Ego was used in New World Disorder 7, a mountain bike movie, Jeff Lenosky New World Disorder
• Song With a Mission was used in Super Sweet 16: The Movie .
• Song With a Mission was used in the Rock Band console game.
• Something To Die For and Yeah Yeah Yeah were used in the movie Scream 4 .

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• The Sounds Biography
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