The Sounds
Variety Playhouse
Saturday 26 September 2009
Variety PlayhouseSaturday 26 September 2009
The Sounds
Swedish pop-punk import the Sounds may not be as well known as the Hives, Abba or Ikea yet, but after opening for No Doubt this past spring and their upcoming headlining U.S.
tour this fall, they are sure to be hotter than do-it-yourself furniture ever was. Maja Ivarsson, the bewitching blonde lead singer has been touted as the next Debbie Harry, but there’s something even more charming about her. Dancing between songs and giggling into the microphone that she “gets to hang out with gorgeous men all week long” (a reference to her pretty boy bandmates), she is cool without the snobbery, punk without the ugliness, and pop without the cheese. Her poppy-yet-gritty voice works perfectly with the band’s early-Eighties synth-infused music. When they played “Living in America,” the crowd went crazy like it was 1982 at the Roxy. The new album, Crossing The Rubicon, is in stores now and is highly recommended. To put it plainly, The Sounds are cool, sexy, and they party like it’s 1984.
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