The Sound: The Most Underrated Post-Punk Band

Adrian Borland's The Sound, despite releasing seminal albums like 'Jeopardy' (1980) and 'From the Lions Mouth' (1981), never achieved mainstream success. The band's turning point came with 'All Fall Down' (1982), when their label demanded commercial songs but the band refused, producing an experimental album instead. Subsequent releases like 'Shock of Daylight' (1984) and 'Heads and Hearts' (1985) failed to gain traction, leading to their dissolution in 1987. Borland continued solo until his suicide in 1999. Posthumous recognition came from bands like Interpol and Bloc Party. The article argues that The Sound's 'failure' was inherent in their music, which oscillated between defeat and victory, and that Borland's later works like '5:00 AM' (1997) and 'Harmony & Destruction' (2002) remain relevant.