The Sound Ex, also known as The Sound Explosion, are a rock

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 and soul

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 band from Newcastle upon Tyne

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, England

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.

Their self titled debut album

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 was released in March 2005 on the Durham

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 based independent record label

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, Captains of Industry

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. When they were all 20, The Soundex co-headlined the Nokia

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 New School of Rock Tour with The Answer

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 and The Tokyo Dragons. The band have also toured with The Datsuns

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, Hell Is for Heroes

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, The Mooney Suzuki

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, International Noise Conspiracy, Million Dead

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, The 5678's and Terrorvision

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.

Early 2005 brought a headline tour, a trip to Dublin, a session with Gordon Raphael

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 (who recorded the B-side

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 to "Apollo", entitled "Let It Turn Inside Itself") and positive reviews from the press. After releasing their debut single

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, "Apollo", in November, the band signed to Red Ink, Sony

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 in January, and completed recording their second album with Paul Reeve

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in October. After the dissolution of Red Ink, The SoundEx signed with an international independent label with links in the north-east of England. Their album, Palomino, was released by DR2 Records on 13 October 2008.

Members

• Kit Endean - Guitar and vocals
• Glen Roughead - Guitar and vocals
• Stevey Gibson - Drums
• Euan Macfarlane - Bass

Singles

• "Time After Time" / "Living In Caves" (2004)
• "Street Freak" / "Night Train" (2005)
• "Apollo" (2005)