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"Shine A Light…. on Synthpop? The Transformation of Modern-Day McFly.
I feel no embarrassment in the admitting to the following: five years ago I sat amongst fellow squealing teenage girls, wore an ‘I Heart Busted’ T-Shirt’…and subsequently danced around like a loon to the protégés of these musical messiahs, a then little known band called McFly.
The band’s first single ‘Five Colours In Her Hair,’ released in 2004, had a pre-chorus of playful ‘Do’s', multi-coloured t-shirts and extras pretending to head-bang…quite simply, I was sold. For the next two years, McFly had two platinum albums, four number one singles, a throng of female teenage fans and the opportunity to make a truly horrendous film debut with a then-sober Lindsay Lohan.
But then, the inevitable. Indifference. Lacklustre sales of a hastily released third album, ‘Motion In The Ocean,’ all led to the same road: cheeky-chappy, safe, pop-rock was officially on its way out.
Feeling disgruntled, and therefore desperately creative, McFly left the safe haven of their long-lasting record label, Island (a subsidiary of Universal) and created their own: Super Records. If the title wasn’t embarrassingly optimistic enough, the subsequent release of fourth album ‘Radio:Active’ as a freebie with the Mail On Sunday spoke volumes: the McFly formula was a bedraggled musical mess.
Desperate times call for desperate measures…Pop Music is no longer calling for people pretending to play guitars, it’s instead calling for blatant auto-tune and a dose of so called ‘cool’ – Taio Cruz taking a dirty picture, Enrique sampling Lionel Richie, Lady Gaga detailing the deceiving abilities of her sexual organs…McFly needed to get musically dirty to survive in the contemporary market. Their latest song, entitled ‘Shine a Light,’ not only re-unites the band with their once-abandoned record label, utilises the talents of mega-pop-producer Dallas Austin but features none other than Taio Cruz. Yes. That’s right. US and UK RnB Super-star and man who wears sunglasses indoors, Mr Cruz.
The blatancy and desperation of this ploy would be a little too much to bear….if it weren’t quite so genius. Cruz’s song-writing skills have created slowly simmering synth-pop accompanied by a sultry McFly in monochrome shades. I feel like I’m watching an alien band. They walk around in a cage, rhythmically nod their heads against some flashy, futuristic speakers… meanwhile Cruz resembles a Madame Tussauds waxwork in his scarily over-posed chorus stance.
Whether it’s musical survival…or musical prostitution, I like the fact that ‘Shine a Light’ showcases a stupidly dressed Mcfly feeling far too uncomfortable to dance. McFly may have abandoned their Indie- record label pursuits with their tails between their legs…but maybe this change in direction will finally mean they can stand on them again. The move from Multi-Coloured to Monochrome has never felt this good."
The Edge

"Album review: McFly – Above the Noise
You might not know who they are, but if you do you’ll be excited to know the British band McFly has a new album that’s just been released. It’s called Above the Noise, and it’s their fifth studio album. It’s a completely new sound for the band. They started out as a punky-pop group trying to imitate a little of Blink 182 and the Beach Boys, but they’ve taken more of a pop-rock almost hip hop like twist, and it’s left something to be desired.
For fans of their music you’ll be surprised when you hear the album. If you haven’t already heard their singles “Party Girl” or “Shine a Light,” it’s extremely different from anything they’ve ever done. This album is more reminiscent of something a male version of The Saturdays might do. That’s not to say it isn’t good, it’s just different. The band collaborated on much of this album with American artists Taio Cruz, Dallas Austin and NazTokio, who are all hip hop centred artists. All of the 13 songs on the album are unique, varying in their hip hop and pop-ness. There are a couple songs which remain somewhat close to Mcfly’s old sound: “If U C Kate,” “I Need a Woman” and especially “I’ll Be Your Man,” which is a classic power-pop ballad and very reminiscent of their second album, Wonderland.
The band has done a lot of promotion for this album: creating a new website titled “Mcfly- Super City,” changing their logo to be more futuristic and even creating a 40 minute long mini film featuring the band (but only vampire versions of themselves). It’s hard not to wonder why they’ve made this change. Is to jump on the vampire/ Lady Gaga loving bandwagon that seems to be taking over the globe? Or is it because they truly feel that their musical love lies in the pop genre? Since we’ll never know the answers, we just have to accept it and come to terms with the change. The band’s heart is still there, they’re still personable and genuine, which shows through in their music. It’s easy to forget, but they are a young band who seems to be ever changing – maybe they just haven’t found their sound yet?
The album is good if you like fast tempos, catchy lyrics, hip hop and pop. They are all talented, and they are versatile enough that they can pull off their new sound; the risk they took with this new album is commendable. In the end, the fans will decide whether they like it or not. Above the Noise is currently number 4 in the charts, and considering what the current trend in music is, it will probably continue to rise. I hope this new sound will prove fruitful for the band – if it is, let’s hope it’s here to stay; if it isn’t, let’s hope they have the sense to go back to basics."
The Cascade

"McFly's empathy for X Factor stars
McFly are sticking up for controversial X Factor contestant Katie Waissel.
Frontman Tom Fletcher chose Katie as one of his favourites, and reckoned it is tough for her to adjust to her instant fame, after she has continued to grab the headlines.
"There's some really good talent this year like Matt Cardle and Rebecca Ferguson, Cher Lloyd and Katie Waissel," he said.
"It's tough because there are some talented people and they just become from nobody to the most famous person in the country. It's hard for them to deal with but it's an incredible opportunity. They have people judging if they're good enough to do our job, which is a horrible thing."
Bandmate Harry Judd added: "People are entitled to their opinions. I don't know why people have such a dislike when they don't know her.
"Our fame was all spread out but theirs is so condensed into months and it's front page news."
Danny Jones chipped in: "What makes it harder is you're doing your thing and singing, and you come out to a world of opinions and everyone's judging you. It must mess with your head."
:: McFly's new album Above The Noise is available now."
Belfast Telegraph

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"Album review: McFly - Above The Noise
Sorry, not good enough
McFly did a clever thing. When their contract with Universal was up, they formed their own label. This is clever because McFly were over. Not over in a never-sell-another-record sense. But over in a bubble-has-burst and now all we have is a sticky floor kind of way. But that sticky floor still has enough fans to sell records and gig tickets and, as it turns out, Habbo Hotel-style websites, enabling the band to directly market to them, free from record company hand wringing. In fact, McFly can probably identify the people who are going to buy this album by name, email and colour preference. Clever.
But this could also be the point where McFly prove what good song writers we were always told they were by making a record free from all commercial considerations. But they're not really in that place. The problem with McFly is they never wrote their 'Back For Good' and so have never crossed over from being a band that girls who were slightly too young to like Busted like, into a band that people-who-don't-normally-like-that-sort-of-thing tip their appreciative hats to. Which is a shame since they always seemed capable of more than they creatively achieved.
And so, few people reading this are wondering what this album actually sounds like, or whether the songs recapture the magic of 'Obviously' or 'It's All About You'. Which is also a shame. Or perhaps it's simply the pop equivalent of natural selection. What use does anyone have for McFly in 2010.
'Above The Noise' begins with a virtual computer voice and those noises computers only make in films and a lot of nonsense about downloading Harry, Dougie and whatnot. This was an irritating idea back when Prince first thought of it and now it's irritating and dated. You are not from the future and if you were we don't believe the future will make those noises.
The song the computer voice introduces is 'End of the World' (following Take That's current preoccupation with Armageddon). McFly's 'End of the World' is what
'Thriller' would sound like if it had been made by Lee from Steps. It also features a baffling snatch of melody from War of the Worlds (the current production stars Jason Donovan, Liz MccLarnon and Rhydian, btw. Tickets still available.)
We're only on track two and already we'd like to stop listening and forget this album ever existed. 'Party Girl' has the sort of noises McFly probably imagine Lady Gaga uses but with such sub-Lou Pearlman boyband songwriting and "woah woah" backing vocals that we're transported instantly to a time when pop had an identity crisis and a fondness for overdriven, overplayed ROCK guitars. It's rubbish.
'iF U C Kate' fails on so many levels. Firstly, Britney already made that joke with 'If You Seek Amy'. Secondly, it's a shit joke (The Spice Girls' unreleased 'C U Next Tuesday' is funnier. Well, a bit). And thirdly, it shows just how cluelessly unsure of themselves as songwriters, they've become. You know you can say fuck on records now, boys? Just say it. Fuck, fuck, fuck. No one really cares. What does it sound like? Again, no one cares. But for the record, it sounds like Cliff Richard trying to sound like Prince (only not as good as that would actually be).
'Shine A Light' (what a vacuous title) has got Taio Cruz on it. We're not sure what either party gets out of the deal. 'I'll Be Your Man' sees McFly ditch their boyish Beatlesque pop rock completely and stumble idiotically into wavering R&B falsetto jizz. At which point the CD was removed and thrown into the street in the hope of inciting a student riot.
McFly's fifth studio album, Above The Noise sounds like the third album of a third rate boyband who'd already gone downhill by their second. Truly fucking awful."
Holy Moly

Ja muistakaa toivoa McFlyta YleX:llä!!! Tarkemmat ohjeet täällä.