Boasting co-writers ranging from All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth to Busted’s James Bourne, self-titled album 5 Seconds of Summer shows some of the bands potential, but lacks variation and is riddled with cheesy clichéd lyrics.
In the singles chart, Ella Henderson holds on to her number one single for another week.
Read The Edge’s first instalment of the weekly records round-up, featuring this weekend and early next week’s album and single releases.