The sound of the Sound reverberates in White Lies

The 1980s band were a match for the decade's other 'sound and fury' outfits, like Echo and the Bunnymen and the Cure. So why are they nearly forgotten today?When White Lies' debut album crashed in at No 1 recently, they immediately spawned a host of comparisons for their epic, dark, keyboard-tinged rock. The names that most often came up were Joy Division and Editors. But they remind me of a much less well-known outfit, the late and great the Sound.The Sound were fronted by Adrian Borland and we...

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