★★★★★
Australian four-piece 5 Seconds of Summer sit squarely at the intersection of radio-friendly but mildly rebellious punk-lite and clean-cut boy band fare. It's a position that has served them well: earlier in the year, their single She Looks So Perfect topped charts around the globe. There's nothing desperately original about the 12 songs on their debut album - think Busted and McFly and, on Long Way Home, Wheatus's Teenage Dirtbag with the rough edges smoothed off...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-06-29
★★★★★
If One Direction's recent "pot" controversy has sent any fans scurrying for the hills, along come chart-ready Australian pop-punk boy band 5 Seconds of Summer. A collective of (gulp) four YouTube stars, their chugging guitars, "hey hey heys" and stupidly catchy choruses recall Weezer and early Busted. Aimed squarely at the teenage market, it's shrill exuberance and lyrical mischief all round as songs leap and sometimes creak under the weight of their double entendres...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-06-27
★★★★★
Depending on your opinion of them and their music, you might dub 5 Seconds Of Summer a boy band, pop-punk or something in the middle--but no matter where you fall in the are-they-or-aren't-they debate, one thing you can't accuse the teenage Australian quartet of is being disinterested in their future. A quick glance at their self-titled debut full-length (out now in the U.K. and Australia, and out July 22 in America) reveals the band members had a hand in writing 11 of the 12 tracks...
- www.altpress.com
2014-06-27
★★★★★
It's been 15 years since LFO sang "I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch" on a smash single called "Summer Girls." Michael Cliord, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin were toddlers back then, but whatever the decade, teens sure don't tire of cute boys singing about babes and clothes. These four Aussies with aw-shucks grins and low-slung guitars named themselves after the correct season (summer, duh) and name-checked the right store (American Apparel) for their international hit...
- www.rollingstone.com
2014-07-22
★★★★★
All Reviews 5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer June 26, 2014 by Evan Lucy Released:July 22, 2014 - Capitol AP Rating: Depending on your opinion of them and their music, you might dub 5 Seconds Of Summer a boy band, pop-punk or something in the middle--but no matter where you fall in the are-they-or-aren't-they debate, one thing you can't accuse the teenage Australian quartet of is being disinterested in their future...
- www.altpress.com
2014-07-22
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