Dying to Say This to You

Attitude plays a big role in The Sounds. Virtually everything written about the band over the last three years mentions how this band from the small southern Swedish city of Helsingborg stalks the stage like they think they're the greatest band in the world. The Sounds' second LP, Dying to Say This to You, is an even stronger fusion of the band's punk attitude and pop savvy. The album presents a diversified and deeper version of the sound they established on their debut. From the spitting rock cockiness of the opening track and first single, "Song With a Mission," to the funk punk of the sexed-up "Tony the Beat" to the new wave anthem "Painted by Numbers" to the tearjerker piano ballad "Night After Night" (a second, full-band version of which is included on the album as a bonus track), the album's expanded styles come in part as the result of a different approach.