Hermione Hoby 

JLS: Jukebox – review

JLS have another hit on their hands whether you like it or not, says Hermione Hoby
  
  


Now on their third album, and still enjoying chart success as fearsome as their music is forgettable, JLS are testament to the unit-shifting power of four nice lads who look like they remember to phone their mums regularly. Behind the pecs-n-pouts they sound old-fashioned; a parody of a boyband from the 90s, whether in body-poppin' party mode ("She Makes Me Wanna") or trite ballad ("Take a Chance On Me"). But when things become truly stupefying, there's always a Casanovan flourish such as "I wanna love you 3D/ I'm gonna turn you on just like a TV" to startle you out of your coma.

 

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