Fall Out Boy

Chicago's Fall Out Boy's first single "Love From The Other Side" arrived on January 18th with the announcement of their eighth studio album, So Much (For) Stardust, dropping on March 24th. It's the band’s first new album in more than five years since 2018’s M A  N   I  A, which garnered a GRAMMY nomination for Best Rock Album and marked their third consecutive and fourth overall #1 album. The new album marks a homecoming for Fall Out Boy on Fueled By Ramen thru Elektra. It's the band's first album with the label since their 2003 debut album Take This To Your Grave, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year on May 6th.

Fall Out Boy has reunited with renowned producer Neal Avron, whom they’ve worked with on three previous albums (From Under the Cork Tree, Infinity on High, Folie à Deux). On working with Avron the new record, Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump said, "Neal not only taught us how to make records, but has a unique capacity to really take time and focus on a record. We thought it was a no-brainer to work with him again, on a record where that was very important to us, and he was gracious enough to agree to work with us.”

"Our band has been an ongoing art project for twenty years and we know there have been many inception points along that journey,” added FOB’s Pete Wentz. "We wanted to create an album that merged those points together – something new, but carved from our foundation. Fueled By Ramen and Elektra seemed like the perfect home for this." 

Stump said, "Technology has made it really easy to make records much more quickly these days. There’s nothing wrong with that, and that spontaneity can be exciting. But we wanted to get back to the way we used to work. We wanted to make a record that was really lovingly crafted and deliberate and patiently guided – like someone cooked you a delicate meal. I’m not a very proud guy, but I’m pretty proud of this record."

Anticipation for the record started brewing in November, after a mysterious ad appeared in the Chicago Tribune and continued building with multiple teaser sites in December, the latter of which featured a clay animation video titled “A Claymation Fall Out Boy Celebration” on Christmas that included a quick audio preview of “Love From The Other Side” for eagle-eared fans. On January 11, the band officially revealed the single’s release date just days before they took the stage at the 2023 iHeartRadio ALTer EGO on January 14th.

Meanwhile, the band's guitarist Joe Trohman announced he is stepping away from the band, citing mental health. On social media, Fall Out Boy made the following post with a note from Joe that stated: "Neil Young once howled that it's better to burn out than to fade away. But I can tell you unequivocally that burning out is dreadful. Without divulging all the details, I must disclose that my mental health has rapidly deteriorated over the past several years. So, to avoid fading away and never returning, I will be taking a break from work which regrettably includes stepping away from Fall Out Boy for a spell.

"It pains me to make this decision, especially when we are releasing a new album that fills me with great pride (the sin I'm most proud of)," he said. "So, the question remains: Will I return to the fold? Absolutely, one-hundred percent. In the meantime, I must recover which means putting myself and my mental health first. Thank you to everyone, including my bandmates and family, for understanding and respecting this difficult, but necessary, decision.

Smell you sooner than later."

Fall Out Boy is Patrick Stump (vocals/guitar), Pete Wentz (bass), Joe Trohman (guitar) and Andy Hurley (drums). The band released their seventh studio album M A  N  I   A  in 2018. The album featured the global smash “The Last Of The Real Ones. In 2015, Fall Out Boy released their platinum, sixth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho. The album’s first two singles “Centuries” and “Uma Thurman” have been RIAA-certified 4x and 2x platinum, respectively. It followed Fall Out Boy's 2012 GRAMMY-nominated and gold-certified album Save Rock And Roll and features the multiplatinum hit "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)." The band's previous releases also include: Folie a Deux (2008), Infinity on High (2007), From Under The Cork Tree (2005), and Fall Out Boy's debut album, Take This to Your Grave (2003).

On January 25th, Fall Out Boy shared another brand new song "Heartbreak Feels So Good" from their highly anticipated new album So Much (For) Stardust. Watch the video here. 

(Photo Credit: Pamela Littky)

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