“If people are expecting a big, loud, 2007 pop-punk record, it’s not that at all”: Patrick Stump on the return of Fall Out Boy

When Kerrang! caught up with Fall Out Boy at our awards ceremony in June 2022, we asked Pete Wentz when new music was coming. He pointed us in the direction of Patrick Stump, insinuating the frontman was the cause of the five-year hold up. ​“Hey, I have a day job composing for Disney now,” said Patrick, ​“I’m busy.”  Well luckily, FOB were on the fob off, and had album number eight well underway an entire year ago. They finally let the world in on their secret this week – after two months of cryptic social media teasing – when they dropped brand-new track, Love From The Other Side, and revealed the album would be titled So Much (For) Stardust, out on March 24.  The follow-up to 2018’s M A N I A, marks a couple of returns for the group – their fi...

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