Fall Out Boy just released the new album much (for) stardust, Where their last few records have dabbled in a more commercial sound, the new LP harkens back to the band’s most rock-heavy days. In a new interview with diverse, Pete Wentz and Patrick Stamp looked back on their evolving sound, explaining their earlier shift toward pop music — specifically on their 2018 record Obsession – It was the result of trying to “survive” pop radio.
Guitarist Joe Truman wrote in his 2022 memoir that he disliked a heavy sample Obsession, So much so that he wasn’t really involved in creating it. When asked if Trohman’s whiskers inspired Fall Out Boy to return to rock music much (for) stardust, Wentz replied,
“I feel like our thoughts are on Obsession Taken a little out of context. A couple of records before, we were making albums in a landscape that wasn’t particularly friendly to bands, and so we were just trying to figure out how to survive. was likeThe last of us: Pop Radio Release, Starring Fall Out Boy Who Fights Zombies Who Don’t Want Bands Exist. “
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Wentz continued, “I think Obsession It was a direct response to all of that. There is a frustrated sound there. I think it’s intentionally noisy, semi-intentional polarizing, and the sound we landed on stardust has not been. I don’t think he reacted to any of that. I’m just thinking about being with Neil [Avron, producer of the band’s album’s From Under the Cork Tree, Infinity on High, and Folie à Deux] And the desire to create something tangible and to take our time on it was very important. The record spans the gamut of things we’re in.”
For his part, Stump said the sound of the new record “was just a reaction as much as I wanted to take a different approach. It wasn’t really conscious of rock music or any style or stylistic choice. For me, it felt like I went down that road to experiment with technology and it was fun and satisfying.” Really.. But we did that for three records and really capped it off Obsession. I was kind of like, ‘I enjoyed that. Now I want to see what happens to the strings and horns and guitars and harmonies, “and that stuff, really concretely.”
Obsession It came out on the verge of an emo revival, as pop punk, thanks to Gen Z, went from being awkward to being cool. Where the genre used to be counter-cultural — and, as Fall Out Boy would say, not necessarily the darling of FM radio — Paramore are now playing the biggest ballparks of their careers, and My Chemical Romance has been reunited with a legion of rabid fans. Wentz harkens back to the cyclical nature of nostalgia and trends.
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“The pendulum has swung in the opposite direction so far, away from the guitar riff, the emotional core of the lyrics,” he said. “I also think there’s something to be said for actual cyclical nostalgia. My kids dress up like the ’90s and early 2000s. I feel like we’re in a time now where people can discover art for themselves. There’s a renaissance to all these different kinds of art and music because people are going and discovering it for the first time.” “For me, the counterculture, whether it’s hip-hop, pop punk, punk rock, emo music or goth, is always evolving and amplifying, especially in times when the monoculture gets really heavy. I saw it during the Reagan era” .
Wentz continued, “There are also artists, like MGK, Lil Uzi Vert, and Willow Smith, who are new to rock music. All the planets align perfectly. Maybe there was a group of kids who were too young to go see My Chemical Romance when they got back, or a night emo. And they can go now – everything is lined up perfectly.”
Read Fall Out Boy’s full article diverse interview here. This summer, the band will embark on a North American tour with support from Alkaline Trio, Bring Me the Horizon and New Found Glory. Get tickets to a show via Stubhub Orders are 100% Guaranteed via Stubhub’s FanProtect Program.
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