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The Sound formed in South London in 1979, shortly after a band called the Outsiders dissolved. It isn’t a very well-distributed fact, but the Outsiders’ 1977 LP Calling on Youth was the first self-released British punk LP, issued roughly four months after Buzzcocks’ infamous Spiral Scratch 7”. Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Adrian Borland led the Outsiders through a couple of other releases, but the band sputtered out three years after their 1976 formation.
Bassist Graham Bailey (aka Graham Green), who had joined the band in time for their final recordings, followed Borland into the new group with a drummer named Michael Dudley and a saxophonist/clarinetist/keyboardist named Bi Marshall.
Fittingly enough, Borland’s motivation to cut ties to the punk movement mirrored that of original Buzzcocks member Howard Devoto, who left his own band after Spiral Scratch. Like Devoto, who had gone on to pioneer yet another field called post-punk with Magazine, Borland looked around, saw all the bands who played straight-ahead chug-chug-chug rock & roll, and decided that the tired blueprint was in need of a little more depth and variation; atmospheres, tensions, and unfamiliar twists on the interplay between the instruments would be needed. Lyrics were another thing. Not content with simply railing against the government or grunting and yelping about trivial matters to merely keep a song moving, Borland became one of the few post-punk songwriters whose lyric sheets were truly worth ingesting and analyzing.
Fittingly enough, Borland’s motivation to cut ties to the punk movement mirrored that of original Buzzcocks member Howard Devoto, who left his own band after Spiral Scratch. Like Devoto, who had gone on to pioneer yet another field called post-punk with Magazine, Borland looked around, saw all the bands who played straight-ahead chug-chug-chug rock & roll, and decided that the tired blueprint was in need of a little more depth and variation; atmospheres, tensions, and unfamiliar twists on the interplay between the instruments would be needed. Lyrics were another thing. Not content with simply railing against the government or grunting and yelping about trivial matters to merely keep a song moving, Borland became one of the few post-punk songwriters whose lyric sheets were truly worth ingesting and analyzing.
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RobotAfterAll wrote:
how have i not even slept, but never even heard of this band? SO FUCKING GOOD
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
So glad the first two albums were finally re-issued again after being out of print, and extremely hard to find, for several years.
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Shabby_Chick wrote:
......that's what Real Love is. the words to express these feelings just do not exist.
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Wooleybooley wrote:
what's all this about re-issues? where can I find info??
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x1000a_ wrote:
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MapOfMyHead wrote:
Oh God they really deserve more attention. Much more attention! What a beautiful band!
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blue_bell_knoll wrote:
хочу признаться во всепоглощающей любви к этой группе
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Nepthys wrote:
Woot! @ reissues
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FlipRock wrote:
underrated
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hop3l3ss wrote:
I absolutely can't understand why Total Recall is not in top-15.
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SC2DMAXX wrote:
Yeah it's some unbearable acoustic christian rock dreck that you can't mass ban, thanks for this last.fm
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minervapaulus wrote:
Of Sweet Release is not from The Sound /// another band with the same name?
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venenumest wrote:
please tell me i'm not the only getting excited about the re-issue of the first two albums.
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finckaxl wrote:
I absolutely can't understand why Counting the Days is not their most popular song.
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peirastic wrote:
stellar stellar stellar
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lontano_away wrote:
I absolutely can't understand why Longest Days is not their most popular song. (2)
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Mr3Sample wrote:
I absolutely can't understand why Longest Days is not their most popular song.
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PFGrifter wrote:
the dutch radio recordings are magnificent.. i dunno if i can even listen to the studio albums anymore
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HexhiB wrote:
Surely equivalent along with The Smiths and Joy Division.
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Contrasoma wrote:
Reissues of "Jeopardy" & "Lion's Mouth" in the pipeline!
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