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Oct 30, 20155SOS finds a balance in their sound here that feels right for them, and ultimately the accurately titled Sounds Good Feels Good suggests there isn’t actually all that big of a gap between the boy band and pop-punk milieus, and probably never was.
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Oct 26, 2015They should step outside of their comfort zone more often.
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Oct 23, 2015All that retro angst is more rote and less involving than the way its debut tried to square loud guitars with the hooky imperatives of chart pop. In the last several tracks, though, the energy returns.
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Oct 23, 2015Their second LP shows off their musical knowledge and ambition without getting in the way of their own preternatural adorableness.
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Oct 22, 2015The alt-pop band (who share management with One Direction) sound programmed to ooze adolescence until the last drop of Lynx Africa runs dry. There are signs of maturity, however, inspired by the pristine punk of Fall Out Boy and Good Charlotte.
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Oct 22, 2015For better or worse, that same sense of déjà vu pervades much of Sounds Good Feels Good, with the band borrowing liberally from its influences.
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Oct 22, 2015Within the first four songs, 5SOS shout out underachievers, college dropouts and kids battling low self-esteem. They do so with winning sincerity, but even that can’t quite make up for the record’s derivative sound.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 106 out of 140
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Mixed: 6 out of 140
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Negative: 28 out of 140
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