The irony being that JLS’s meet and greet ended up being better than Steps’s!

The lads are guests on the new episode of Jamie Laing's podcast Private Parts.

 

They speak a bit more about the making of the new album on here and also the tour and how the industry's changed since they last released new music:

 

 

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They've just confirmed a batch of album signings at HMV on release week: https://www.hmv.com/hmvlive/jls

 

3rd December: HMV Westfield White City, London, 5pm

8th December: HMV Manchester Arndale, 10:30am

8th December: HMV Vault Birmingham Bullring, 4:30pm

They were on BBC Breakfast just now - they showed a clip of the new video for "Postcard" which is from their tour. They also confirmed they'll perform it for the first time on the Strictly results show on 5th December.

"Postcard" video is out and the single is also straight onto the B list at Radio 2:

 

 

They've also created a quite clever little minisite tied into the single where you can quite literally write them a postcard: https://postcard.jlsofficial.com

I actually like the song, it's cute!

Guests and performing on Sunday Brunch next week on Channel 4. Also playing several songs live into Zoe Ball breakfast show on Radio 2 this Friday.

A friend went to see them in Manchester last week, she said they were very good.

Album out today! Had it on a couple of times already. "Glow", "Changed", "Tango" and "Immortal Love" are my favourites so far.

 

Beautiful live session into Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on Radio 2 this morning - they did "Eternal Love", "Everybody In Love" and "Last Christmas" (including JB's iconic 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'!)

 

They've taken a leaf out of Steps' book and done a deluxe digital edition of the album on their official store: https://jls.tmstor.es

 

They're also on Lorraine on ITV next Thursday.

Bomb incoming? Or is the disinterest from Buzzjack not indicative of its success?

I can't see it doing amazingly tbh. It's an alright album with a handful of quite well-crafted songs but it just sounds a bit dated in the current climate.

"Postcard" on Strictly tonight. They all looked sharp here!

 

 

They also performed "Day One" acoustically into Sunday Brunch today.

'Priceless' is excellent, best on quite a mediocre album.

Guests on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp tomorrow morning:

 

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Bomb incoming? Or is the disinterest from Buzzjack not indicative of its success?

 

I don't think they were ever the most popular act on Buzzjack regardless.

This album's kinda disappointing. If some of the songs being corny is not the major issue here, it's the bad production values. Way too compressed and/or too much tinkering (loud kicks, ear-fatiguing trebles, etc.).

 

The singles were not great, some of the album tracks were better ('Audition' in particular is amusing). Makes me think JLS should've left their legacy untouched after their greatest hits in 2013.

 

Edit: And also, the album title is confusing. '2.0' comes across as a second album, not their "second run".

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98 degrees also had an album called 2.0, found that odd as well.

Tango is an absolute BOP but in typical JLS fashion, it’s a very hit and miss album.

Shocked to see them at #2 in the mids but then again they seem to have a lot of bundles and variations of the album (BMG are great with formats when it comes to album releases).

 

The album is now £6.99 on iTunes too.

Lovely to see this at #2 in midweeks, especially after my slightly gloomier prediction earlier in this thread. It's a great album and they deserve it 👍