Perhaps the solo projects of Stump and Wentz, and the combination of Hurley and Trohman in forming The Damned Things has allowed the rust to form on Fall Out Boys’ mechanics.ĭeath Valley thankfully returns to the catchy guitar riffs and vocals leaps, blending well with the dance-style drums in a rare half-time dub-step moment.

Just One Yesterday pays accidental tribute to Adele’s Rolling In The Deep chord progression and Pete Wentz (usually a fantastic lyricist who draws inspiration from irony) disappoints with some of the most clichéd lyrics on The Mighty Fall “now you’re gone but I’ll be ok” on Miss Missing You. This is a serious head grooving number and it’s got more hooks than a butcher shop. The verse absolutely screams Michael Jackson, with Stump using MJ’s memorable snappy inflections. The song is heavily produced but works for the genre they are now involved in stabilising. The concept of overly long song titles appeared to have been ditched in the past by the band, but here we grace our ears with My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up), the first single from the album. It has the potential also to reach those in a night club environment through the smart use of a drink-favouring heavy beat and dangerously catchy chorus everyone loves danger after a few. This is a bona fide fist-pumping opener which celebrates the band’s return. Our re introduction to FOB begins with The Phoenix a very non punk opener which roots itself to the ever-present elastic vocals of singer Patrick Stump. To date, FOB has by and large stocked their previous albums’ universal sound into the next record, and then remodeled in presumptuous ways. It’s been five years since the 2008 release of international hit ‘Folie a Deux,’ and while solo and joint ventures swayed the attention of Chicago’s favourite pop-punk rockers, Fall Out Boy return with their new album attractively titled ‘Save Rock and Roll.’

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