Great News For Fans of The Sound and Adrian Borland: Documentary Film & Boxset!

A couple bits of Sound/Borland news have crept out recently, and considering Adrian's consistent underdog status, I need to do what I can to help spread the word. First off, long running & excellent fansite, Brittle Heaven, has been updated and redesigned. It looks terrific.

Secondly, they've announced the imminent release (available April 14) of a Sound boxset. Containing four discs, its definitely something for you collectors out there. The track lists is as follows:

DISC ONE - JEOPARDY

1. I Can’t Escape Myself
2. Heartland
3. Hour Of Need
4. Words Fail Me
5. Missiles
6. Heyday
7. Jeopardy
8. Night Versus Day
9. Resistance
10. Unwritten Law
11. Desire
12. Physical World (Physical World EP)
13. Brute Force (B-Side Of ‘Heyday’ Single)
14. Heartland (Live Instinct EP)
15. Brute Force (Live Instinct EP)
16. Jeopardy (Live Instinct EP)
17. Coldbeat (Live Instinct EP)
18. Heartland (BBC Session October 1980)
19. Unwritten Law (BBC Session October 1980)
20. Jeopardy (BBC Session October 1980)
21. I Can’t Escape Myself (BBC Session October 1980)

DISC TWO - FROM THE LION’S MOUTH

1. Winning
2. Sense Of Purpose
3. Contact The Fact
4. Skeletons
5. Judgement
6. Fatal Flaw
7. Possession
8. The Fire
9. Silent Air
10. New Dark Age
11. Point Of No Return (Single B-side)
12. Hot House (Single B-side)
13. Coldbeat (Single B-side)
14. New Dark Age [Live]
15. Fatal Flaw (BBC Session November 1981)
16. Skeletons (BBC Session November 1981)
17. Hothouse (BBC Session November 1981)
18. New Dark Age (BBC Session November 1981)

DISC THREE - ALL FALL DOWN

1. All Fall Down
2. Party Of The Mind
3. Monument
4. In Suspense
5. Where The Love Is
6. Song And Dance
7. Calling The New Tune
8. Red Paint
9. Glass And Smoke
10. We Could Go Far
11. The One And A Half Minute Song (All Fall Down Sessions)
12. Sorry (All Fall Down Sessions)
13. As Feeling Dies (All Fall Down Sessions)
14. We Could Go Far (unreleased original version)
15. Plenty (This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal EP)
16. ‘Neath Dancing Waves (This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal EP)
17. Amber (This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal EP)
18. Scapegoat In A Country Churchyard (This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal EP)

DISC FOUR - BBC LIVE IN CONCERT

1. Originally broadcast 21st November 1981
2. BBC Intro - Pete Drummond
3. Unwritten Law
4. Skeletons
5. Fatal Flaw
6. Winning
7. Sense Of Purpose
8. Heartland
9. New Dark Age
10. Originally broadcast 15th June 1985
11. BBC Intro - Pete Drummond + Intro music
12. Golden Soldiers
13. Under You
14. Total Recall
15. Burning Part Of Me
16. Whirlpool
17. Missiles

* releasedate 14^th April 2014 - pre-order

THE SOUND - JEOPARDY + FROM THE LION’S MOUTH + ALL FALL DOWN + BBC LIVE IN CONCERT

•    This comprehensive 4CD box set presents the perfect opportunity to reappraise the career of The Sound – the frequently overlooked London quartet who could perhaps should have had an impact on the post-punk era on the level achieved by the likes of Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen or The Cure.

•    Across four CDs in wallets in a clamshell box are “Jeopardy”, “From The Lion’s Mouth” and “All Fall Down”, the three legend-enshrining LPs they recorded for Korova and WEA between 1980 and 1982. The albums are supplemented with rarities, b-sides, the recordings with Kevin Hewick, and BBC radio sessions. The fourth CD contains the BBC live in concert recordings.

•    Put together with input from band members Mike Dudley and Graham Bailey as well as Adrian Borland’s father Bob, the box also contains a 36 page booklet with annotation by Tim Peacock of Record Collector, as well as the lyrics and ephemera.

And lastly, but perhaps most importantly, there's going to be a documentary which is currently in a crowdfunding phase. Looking to be about 80 minutes long, the film is tentatively titled, "Walking In The Opposite Direction." A trailer is below, and more info can be found here, and on Facebook. Lets pray the filmmakers are able to complete & release the film!