Even if you can't keep up with all the emotional turns with all of the cool Fall Out Boy Merch that is coming out, the lyrics in the new Fall Out Boy album is always an engaging sonic excursion.
That's true more than ever on Folie a Deux (translation: a madness shared by two), which uses the band's high-energy emo approach as a springboard for an ambitious and pleasing wall of sound. While there is precious little dynamic range — maybe the lean, rhythmic intro to Tiffany Blews or the piano that introduces the power ballad What a Catch, Donnie — the band's penchant for doing things big is usually rewarding.
Tracks such as the churning I Don't Care are built for rattling the foundation at rock arenas, and the song's exuberant sing-along chorus isn't lacking in the hook department either.
Such anthems are a Fall Out Boy specialty, but the surprise on Folie a Deux is the skill with which the band members and producer Neal Avron add so many layers without turning things into a sludgy mess. Often, the excesses manage to rescue songs from boring cliches.
That's the case on What a Catch, Donnie, which emerges from its lushness to a massive chorus with cameos by Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy and Elvis Costello (yes, Elvis Costello) doing bits of other Fall Out Boy songs.
''No one wants to hear you sing about tragedy,'' the band announces in the album's opening moments. Yeah, the melodramatic sentiment could get old fast, if it weren't wrapped in so many appealing diversions.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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