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The Sounds are a post-punk revival band from Helsingborg, Sweden founded in 1999, not to be confused with the Finland|Finnish band The Sounds from the 1960s or the British The Sound.

Their musical style mixes punk rock|punk and pop music|pop/electronica influences. Most songs make integrated use of synthesizers, and Maja Ivarsson provides a spunky vocal lead. The group is often compared to New Wave acts such as Blondie (band)|Blondie, The Cars, the Epoxies and Missing Persons.

Their debut album ''Living in America (album)|Living in America'' was released in 2002, with the follow up ''Dying to Say This to You'' on March 21, 2006.

Lead singer Maja Ivarsson is outspoken in her ambition, claiming "I want to be the best female vocalist around...of at least this century"<ref>[http://www.stv.tv/content/out/music/display?id=opencms:/out/hotnow/music/The_Sounds__20070907 The Sounds video interview, stv.tv, August 2007]</ref>. She was also featured on Cobra Starship's "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)", for the film ''Snakes on a Plane''. In addition to Ivarsson's contribution to the ''Snakes'' soundtrack, the entire band is featured as track 6, "Queen of Apology," remixed by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump.

Band members Jesper Anderberg and Felix Rodriguez have recently been working as songwriters for other artists, among them the Dutc... read all