5SOS on their goals: 'We want to be more than just a band to our fans'

'She's Kinda Hot' hitmakers 5 Seconds Of Summer will unleash their new album 'Sounds Good Feels Good' on October 23 and they revealed that this record was created to bridge the gap between them and their fans.

The band's drummer Ashton Irwin spoke about what they're trying to differently from their contemporaries and told Australia's Daily Telegraph:

"We are trying to bring our fans what they need in their lives. I think this whole fan base naming age is a little bit dull and boring and shallow, it’s just a hashtag."

He went onto add that connecting to their fans through the lyrics on this offering is the most important thing about it: “I want people to feel something. It’s more about connecting them with us. We have created 14 characters for 14 songs on the album and those characters are little skerricks of us and what we feel in the songs. It’s a real honest thing that we want to be more than a band to our fans. And it’s not meant to be a marketing thing or anything like that."

Watch 5SOS's recent interview on 'Chatty Man' here: