Youngblood
Following their meteoric rise from suburban Sydney teens to one of the biggest rock bands in the world, 5 Seconds of Summer took a two-year break to focus on growth—as both musicians and people. The result is *Youngblood*, their third and most daring album to date. Full of anthemic choruses and big, bold sounds—buzzing guitars, gated drums, slick \'80s-production sheen—this is the boys aiming for the rafters. But they counterweigh that with lyrics that are as intimate as ever, pining for a lost love on \"Want You Back,\" keeping secrets on \"If Walls Could Talk,\" and promising teddy bears and eclairs on \"Valentine.\"
The pop-punk band reinvents its sound and prematurely weighs the stakes of fast success
Dropping all of the rambunctious energy and emo-pop trappings that found them labeled a punk boy band when they first broke through while on tour with One Direction in 2013, Australia's 5 Seconds of Summer instead embrace a slick dance-pop sound on their third album, 2018's Youngblood.