This year marks the tenth anniversary of Fall Out Boy’s break into the music scene and the year they changed the pop punk scene.
The band’s first platinum-selling album, which was actually the second studio album, “From Under The Cork Tree,” was widely received.
After teasing us with the single “Centuries” earlier in 2014 and “Immortals” which was featured on the “Big Hero 6” soundtrack, Fall Out Boy’s sixth studio album “American Beauty/American Psycho” is finally here.
Fall Out Boy is one of the few bands in the industry that can reinvent their sound with every album and do it well.
This album still features the group’s alternative roots, but it is borderline pop with the amount of electronics present. However, this mash-up works seamlessly. It’s exciting and invigorating the moment the opening chords start.
FOB first toyed with this on its 2013 comeback album “Save Rock and Roll.” After its long hiatus the band returned with this serious album that featured more pop-punk influences than ever before.
On this new album, every new track has a story to tell. This is what has constantly set it apart from other bands.
The band isn’t just putting out the same concept album after album. It’s as if each recording period is a new slate.
The single “Centuries” draws from “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega. There is also inspiration stemming from Mötley Crüe’s “Too Fast For Love,” which can be heard in the title track.
“Uma Thurman’s” melody comes from a sampling of the “The Munsters” theme song. 
With an opening song that features the sounds of horns reminiscent of a battle call and lyrics such as, “You ought to keep me concealed just like I was a weapon,” it’s clear the band wanted to make a statement and make it bold.
The question is which band member went through a rough break-up, because half of the tracks have subtle jabs toward an anonymous girl. In the title track Stump belts the line, “Us, we were pity sex, nothing more and nothing less.”
This trend continues in “Fourth of July” when he sings, “I’m sorry every song’s about you, the torture of small talk with someone you used to love.”
Whatever happened, it brings a new feel to FOB’s sound. The lyrics are more stripped down and personal rather than concept-heavy.
However, experimentation with sound is one of the most important aspects of the current music scene and Fall Out Boy clearly knows how to deliver.