The Sounds - NME/Radio 1Stage

Forget heading to the Main Stage for the opening of the Reading Festival this year, the Radio 1 tent was the first place to hear one of the hottest new bands to hit the UK festival scene in a long time.

 

Hailing from Sweden, The Sounds were one of the first bands to play on the Radio 1 tent today and truly deserved the rapturous welcome festival goers gave them.

 

Think a cross between the Killers and Blondie and you’d not be far wrong with an accurate description for the type of music this band produces. Strong vocals, heavy bass and a mix of 80’s electro, make The Sounds one of those bands who provide the energy festival goers need to get their weekend off to a good start.

 

Dying To Say This To You from the band’s second album and their latest single to hit the UK, Painted by Numbers, got the crowd waving their hands in the air, with lead singer Maja Ivarsson climbing on the drum kit to give a rendition of Ego towards the end of the set.

 

“See you next year,” said Ivarsson as she left the stage. She left the crowd in no doubt - this is a band which festival goers will be seeing a lot more of in the future.

David Ricketts