The Sound's inability to break through to the type of '80s post-punk prominence reserved for the likes of Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen,
the twobands the Sound fell in between sound-wise, isn't all that easy to explain away. Any deep-minded attempt to do so leaves one with a sort
of abject sournessthat can only be directed for, well, the human race. Their songs had hooks and emotional impact without bombast, with lyrics
that often confronted theproblems of young adulthood without simply moping and falling into escapist chutes. They were able to cultivate large
followings in Germany and Holland, butaside from those countries and a couple other European territories, indifference and history has made
them all but invisible.
