88 (iPod Countdown) 8 Days a Week is Not the New Math

It recently occurred to me that New Wave is over 30 years old, closer to 40 if you bring in the pre-MTV influences. Which means it, like me, is getting long in the tooth. So when I hear a more contemporary band mining the synth driven sounds of late 70′s/early 80′s New Wave Sounds, I sit up and listen. Such a band is The Sounds, from Sweden.

While they were very much a cross between Blondie and Missing Persons on their first two albums, and have moved towards a wider musical pallette over time...