Tim: Lead single from their upcoming album; bit of a racket, but have a listen anyway.
Tom: Wow, that’s like a pop-punk song straight out of my teenage years. There’s definitely some Offspring influence in there, and some Sum 41.
Tim: It really is, isn’t it? I spent the first one or two listens not enjoying it much (see previous ‘racket’ comment) so I was trying to work out what sort of structure it was going for, but then I decided to give up because basically it doesn’t, and by that point the racket-appreciation part of my brain had warmed up and then at work I put on Teenage Dirtbags, a compilation album of basically all the pop punk hits of the past twenty years that’s really, really enjoyable, but I’ve got distracted.
Tom: A little bit, yes. By the time the track actually kicks in, I think I know what it’s going for: that chorus is a proper summer-festival shout-along, and, hell, it makes as much sense as In Too Deep did. If they want to go that way, well, best of luck to them.
Tim: BASICALLY, 5 Seconds of Summer are entering POP PUNK phase, and doing very well with it.
Tom: I think the title and first verse threw me: I was expecting it to be a boyband song about a girl, and it’s really not. Once I’d adjusted to that: yeah, I can see this working.
Tim: Right – we’ve got all the necessary bits: repetitive hook, fair amount of anger and shouty vocals, lots of hefty drums and guitars, so just as long as I’ve got warmed up first I’m very into this. Nice one.