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AP magazine praises 5 Seconds Of Summer: 'They might lead pop-punk to the mainstream throne'

Alternative Press magazine has published an article in which Australian heartthrobs 5 Seconds Of Summer are praised for bringing pop-punk back to the masses. 

Matt Crane wrote the editorial for the magazine and explains that it's important to note what the 'She Looks So Perfect' hitmakers are doing because they're not allowing themselves to be re-branded as a boyband and instead are sticking to their guns and holding fast as a group of guys who grew up on pop-punk. He writes: "The band are being branded as pop-punk, which they are, albeit the poppiest, most radio-friendly form."

"In a broader view, what this means is that the massive major-label infrastructure pushing this band is highlighting the fact that they’re pop-punk—not trying to change them into a boy band—at a time when pop-punk couldn’t be more maligned as a genre by mainstream music culture."

Crane went on to open up about the lads' influences and confessed that fans will gain exposure to different types of music as a result of 5 Seconds Of Summer talking about the bands that they look up to, which can only be a good thing:

"You don’t have to like them. You don’t even have to listen to them. Just be open to the opportunity this Australian quartet represent for the genre and the pop-punk bands you do love. Before signing to Capitol Records, the group got their start by posting cover songs on YouTube by bands like A Day To RememberMayday ParadeAll Time Low and Blink-182—most of whom they cite as their influences."

"Our poppy Australian hopefuls may be the spearhead of the sonic assault that leads pop-punk to the mainstream throne."

After reading the article, the band's Calum Hood shared a link to it with his followers on social networking site Twitter and added: "Great article!"

Watch the lads' lyric video for their new single, 'Don't Stop', here: