Screaming in Eloquence

Since the demise of Busted, McFly’s continued existence has been under increasing scrutiny. It is with this in mind that the lads have sagely decided to expand their musical range and thus new album Wonderland sees a marked change in direction encompassing a staggering glut of influences from 60s uptown soul to psychedelia-tinged rockabilly. Closing track Memory Lane even includes a jazzy improv saxophone solo by McFly’s token “punk” member Danny. Sure it does. In OPPOSITE WORLD. No, this is PAP of the highest order. Utterly lacking in anything even approaching a soul it’s impossible to believe that any human has had a hand in its creation. Filled with putrid nonsense so saccharine and anodyne your 12-year old sister would shy from it, McFly indulge in a level of recycling that would make Aberdeenshire council proud. I tried hard to find something nice to say, honest I did, but this is a record bereft of any redeeming features and I guarantee its corporate-phallus sucking creators are sitting in Hell laughing their dollar-stuffed faces off.