Formed in Helsingborg in 1998,[2] the group's musical style has been compared to new wave acts such as Blondie, The Cars, the Epoxies and Missing Persons.

The Sounds were formed in 1998 by classmates Félix Rodríguez, Maja Ivarsson, Johan Bengtsson and Fredrik Blond in Helsingborg, Sweden.

The group met Jesper Anderberg, the youngest member, by chance at the Hultsfred Festival, and he was enlisted to play keyboards and guitar.

Their 2002[2] debut album, Living in America, was recorded in Stockholm and produced by Adel Dahdal and Jimmy Monell.

In the United States, the band has done several TV appearances and magazine articles and has reportedly built up a celebrity fan base that includes Dave Grohl, Pharrell, Quentin Tarantino, Thomas Johnson and Robin Botten, Bam Margera and his ex-wife Missy Margera, David Desrosiers, Ben Khodadad and Britney Spears.

Following this tour, The Sounds made another run in the United States, starting with a MySpace secret show in Miami, Florida, on Halloween and then stopping at 10 major cities from coast to coast with supporting act Shiny Toy Guns.

One of the band's songs, the synthpop-tinged, "Hurt You", was used in a Geico television commercial that originally aired in September 2008.

The band performed the song "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake" on Last Call with Carson Daly on 12 February 2009, which was the first single from the album.

[10][11] The title of the third album was inspired by Julius Caesar's act of defiance of January, 49 BC and refers to the band's separation from their previous record label and resultant independence.

The Sounds was the special guest on the No Doubt Summer Tour in 2009, starting in May 2009 in outdoor amphitheaters and arenas across the US and Canada.

The Sounds also played a series of headline shows around the US and Canada in late April and early May prior to joining the No Doubt tour.

These headlining shows featured Chicago synth-rockers Hey Champ, who created a remix of "Beatbox".

[12][13] Lead singer Maja Ivarsson also appeared on pop punk band All Time Low's new album Dirty Work as a guest vocalist on the track "Guts".