Sound is an audible mechanical wave propagating through matter, or the perception of such waves by the brain. Sound or Sounds may also refer to: Geography Sound (geography), a large ocean inlet, or a narrow ocean channel between two bodies of land Sound, Cheshire Sound, Lerwick in Shetland Sound Heath, an area of common land in Sound, Cheshire Milford Sound, a fjord in the South Island of New Zealand Øresund or Öresund, commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). Arts, entertainment, and media Literature "Sounds" (short story), a short story by Vladimir Nabokov Klänge (English translation: Sounds), a 1912 book by Russian expressionist artist Wassily Kandinsky Music Groups Sound (band), a Filipino jazz band (formed 1999) The Sound (band), a defunct English post-punk band (from 1979 to 1988) The Sounds, a Swedish indie-rock band (formed 1999) Albums Sound (Dreadzone album), a 2001 studio album by the British fusion band Dreadzone Sound (Roscoe Mitchell album), a 1966 studio album by the American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell Sounds!, a 1966 album by guitarist Jack Marshall and percussionist Shelly Manne Sounds (Spare Snare album), a 2018 album by Scottish lofi band Spare Snare Genres Sound (cumbia), a Chilean musical genre similar to tecnocumbia Sound, a music subgenre or "scene", such as the Nashville sound Other uses in music "Sound" (song), a 1991 single by the English rock band James Soundtrack, the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game Television Sound (TV series), a BBC programme featuring current popular music of different genres, aired between 2007 and 2009 Sounds (TV series), an Australian music television series of the 1970s and 1980s Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media Sounds (magazine), a defunct British music weekly newspaper, published between 1970 and 1991 Soundwave (Transformers), one of the Decepticons in The Transformers universe Sports Austin Sound, an American women's gridiron football team Memphis Sounds, a defunct basketball team of the American Basketball Association Nashville Sounds, a Minor League Baseball team in the International League of Triple-A Other uses Sound (medical instrument), an instrument for probing and dilating passages within the body Sound (nautical), a verb meaning to take depth readings of fluids in a tank or around a ship Sound (sex toy), a sex toy designed to be inserted through the urethra of