The Sound - New Dark Age (HQ)

Track #10 from The Sound's 1981 album From The Lion's Mouth

Reissued in 2002 by Renascent Records.


Lyrics:

In the darkest times
Darkest fears are heard
From the safest places
Come the bravest words

Some make a quiet life
To keep this scared old world at bay
The dogs are howling on the street outside
So they close the curtains, hope they go away

And it's pressure from all sides
Coming down around our ears
Stuck in this room without a door
Scratched away at the walls for years
All we've got to show is the dust on the floor
And here it comes, a new dark age

I catch your eyes
Before they fall to the ground
We're running out of time, breath and steam
We're running down

They're burning witches
Up on punishment hill
Dying proof in the power of authority
To exact it's will

And it's pressure from all sides
Coming down around our ears
Stuck in this room without a door
Scratched away at the walls for years
All we've got to show is the dust on the floor
And we've broken our fingers
Broken our faith
Broken our hearts so many times
They can't be broken anymore
Scratched away at the walls for years
All we've got to show is the dust on the floor
And here it comes, a new dark age
Here it comes...

[ricardotexidomedina]

I love The Sound since 1981. Went to see them live in Madrid. Unforgettable concert and meeting them for an interview.
Forever Adrian, forever the Sound❤️

[mack]

I accidentally found this band and I'm happy I did!

[paulm]

Adrian Borland was right up there with Ian Curtis. Both suicides. Maybe the best of the best just don’t want to live on this planet. They show their brilliance and leave. Tragic but beautiful. The Sound was (and is) one of this planet’s greatest bands. And let’s admit it, we kind of like that they never became big. It gives us that musicologist snob superiority. ;) Same with the Comsat Angels. And a few others. Bands before their time that just didn’t get famous. But were amazing without fame.

[massivegat]

What an insanely powerful way to close a monumental album. The strength and seeming panic in Adrian's voice as he screams "Here it comes!" as a new dark age descends upon humanity right at the album's conclusion. Absolutely brilliant!

[vanhanegem]

Probably my favourite sings of the best group of '80. It' a shame that only few person remember Borland (wonderful songwriter and musician) and Sound.

[venostar]

this is the best new wave rock band in the 80's..no excuses!

[satellites]

That`s my first Vinyl Album from the sound....great music from my youth.

[bioluminescentlyunfolding]

Thank you so, so much for making it possible for me to stumble upon their music on a bad night. My god, what a band. I've been down a whole rabbit hole reading about them and listening. How sad that they didn't get their due in their timem and that Adrian Borland suffered so much, but how glad I am that their legacy isn't lost.

[ronaldvonranzow]

Another beautifull song from the lion's mouth.

[JockularK]

seen them live, in Venlo in the 80's ....just great

[MonstersMaster]

When Borland sings like Jim Morrison ;)

[n.t.]

un pezzo della mia vita, catania anni 80, la malavita imperversava, io venivo da uno di questi quartieri, ma io e' i miei pochi amici eravamo 50 anni piu' avanti, new dark age ascoltata in una 127 con un unica cassa enorme che riempiva il cofano del mio amico non so di quanti watt.la gente ti guardava con un occhi sospetto "chi cazzo sono questi ? " ora a 55 anni vi vedo come zombi con gli smartphone in mano ( me compreso ! )

[MrFalzeto]

bandas ya de culto que no se olvidan !

[ireneclaro]

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Love .... Here .. we have a safe place... 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[giannisdm]

..All we've got to show is the dust on the floor
And here it comes, a new dark age..

[robhorneman]

Born in 1970, grew up with the most amazing music evet..music today is mindless shite, useless, dumb and absolutely hurtfull to ones soul and mind..this Sound was intelligent songwriting, thrilling...thank God I had my youth in seventies and Eighties..

[jzen]

The intro reminds me of a combination of Ministry's Stigmata and some other song I can't put my finger on at the 1:17 mark that goes "hope they go away."

[Helsus]

Wow, this song actually sounds like it was written yesterday by some post-punk band.

[lawrencescott]

Hard to find the Sound cds, remember seeing the vinyl in bargain bins in the 1980s, wish I bought them, truly bargains now looking back

[FileAssassin]

Now if there was EVER a song to post one of these annoying-as-f... "who's listening to this in 2024" that would be it. 🔥💣🔪☠🌎