The Sounds – Crossing The Rubicon
June 15th, 2009 Posted in Album reviews
The Sounds continue their instantly identifyable pseudo-new wave sound on Crossing The Rubicon, but in doing so they seem to have fallen in to a rut because that same instantly identifyable pseudo-new wave sound has become formulaic and predictable; compared to their last album Dying To Say This To You, which had plenty of standout songs and managed to stay interesting throughout the disc, Crossing just kind of plods along generically and aside from Maja Ivarsson’s vocals it sounds like just about anything else in the record bins today…it’s moments, though, particulary the first single “No One Sleeps When I’m Awake” and the weird electronic sadness of ”Home Is Where Your Heart Is.”
Rating: 5 / 10
New Line
June 2, 2009
Tags: maja ivarsson, the sounds