Musical Over Dose is proud to present Since January 2002 another new release, have fun .: about release :. Name .:. Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust Genre : Alternative Source : CDDA Type .:. Album Artist : Fall Out Boy Label : Atlantic (Warner) Titel : So Much (For) Stardust Tracks : 13 Playtime : 44:22 Size : 84,79 MB Encoder : VBRNEW - LAME3.100 - V0 Quality : VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo Bitrate : avg. 264kbps [ Tracklist ] 01.Love from the Other Side 04:40 02.Heartbreak Feels So Good 03:38 03.Hold Me Like a Grudge 03:36 04.Fake Out 03:30 05.Heaven, Iowa 03:57 06.So Good Right Now 02:59 07.The Pink Seashell Feat. Ethan Hawke 01:02 08.I Am My Own Muse 03:46 09.Flu Game 03:38 10.Baby Annihilation 01:08 11.The Kintsugi Kid (Ten Years) 03:55 12.What a Time to Be Alive 03:42 13.So Much (For) Stardust 04:51 Total 44:22 Min If youÆre anything like me, when Chicago pop-punkers Fall Out Boy announced that they were releasing a new record, So Much (For) Stardust, earlier this year, you were a little bit sceptical. The bandÆs 2018 outing, M A N I A, was a bit of a mixed bag and nobody was really sure what to think. However, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman, and Andy Hurley pleasantly and happily surprised me with the first two singles released for this outing, and I was on the edge of my seat eagerly awaiting for March 24th and the albumÆs release. The first single, and lead song æLove From The Other SideÆ are a great way to kick off the record. ItÆs like the return of Fall Out Boy of old, with the foursome firmly digging their feet back into their pop-punk roots. The orchestral arrangement that opens before the heavy guitars and drums kick, in is a great way to ease you in, which is pretty much a banger from beginning to end. Next up is the second single æHeartbreak Feels So GoodÆ, which also has an incredibly entertaining music video featuring a cheeky cameo from WeezerÆs Rivers Cuomo. I think what I like most about the first two tracks on this record is that while æLove From The Other SideÆ feels very old school FoB, whilst æHeartbreak Feels So GoodÆ feels very much new age FoB and has major M A N I A vibes with a little more synth influenced. IÆm always a big fan of Patrick absolutely belting out and hitting those high notes as well, and this has plenty of those moments. æHold Me Like A GrudgeÆ is next and holy hell, that opening bassline? Pete Wentz, ladies, gentlemen and non-binary folk! ItÆs bloody brilliant. ItÆs also got some of those old fast as heck lyrics that Patrick is so gooood at delivering, and it does feel a BIT like Michael JacksonÆs æSmooth CriminalÆ, but not at the same time. I will always stand by the statement that Joe Trohman is criminally (see what I did there?) underrated as a guitarist, but he does get to show off a little here. æFake OutÆ follows and it starts out a lot slower than the previous entries and has a lot more of a chill vibe, however Andy HurleyÆs drums keep the pace feeling a little more urgent. Pat spends most of the track singing in his higher octave, and it will never not amaze me how he manages to sing that high, maintain it, and still sound so gracious. ItÆs definitely a great way to settle listeners back down after the high of the first three songs. æHeaven, IowaÆ kicks off with maracas so itÆs always going to get a big thumbs up from me! ItÆs almost a ballad, but itÆs also pretty rocky. Instrumentally itÆs an absolutely beautiful piece of music. AndyÆs drums, whilst pretty hard-hitting donÆt drown out the harmony of Joe and PatrickÆs guitars, with PeteÆs bass woven in perfectly to keep it all together. The percussive elements used throughout also bring a different vibe, and Joe gets a great solo at the tail end of it. æSo Good Right NowÆ delivers the party feels that were lost in the melancholy of æHeaven, IowaÆ. You can tell that Green Day have always been a big influence on Fall Out Boy with the song feeling a little bit like æMeet Me On The RoofÆ, but 20 times better. ItÆs also a jam that would almost feel perfect at a 1950Æs school dance, or in a prom scene in a 2020Æs teen romcom; or maybe in the scene where the characters fall in love during a montage. A scene from the film Reality Bites featuring Troy, a character played by Ethan Hawke is interwoven into æThe Pink SeashellsÆ, yes, you read that right, Ethan Hawke, is essentially what this track is, just with an instrumental played throughout. IÆm not really sure what the point of this is, but it feels a bit like an intermission in the record which it may well be seeing as it marks the exact midpoint of So Much (For) Stardust. æI Am My Own MuseÆ builds on my theory of æThe Pink SeashellsÆ being the intermission, especially with the string arrangement that open it and slowly builds it to a crescendo when the drums come in and smack you in the face. ItÆs pretty epic overall, with the orchestral arrangement making up the backbone, with the heavy rock guitar, drums and bass filling the rest of the musical space. The subsequent track is æFlu GameÆ, which is a great name for a song, but not as great as the next in line æBaby AnnihilationÆ (more on that in a second). Distorted guitar kicks this one off before the vocals come in, and from there itÆs pretty much non-stop good, fun. It also feels very familiar in the way that itÆs very old school FoB, think Folie A Deux era! ThereÆs a bit of a surprise at the climax, so make sure you listen all the way through. æBaby AnnihilationÆ is a spoken word piece by Pete Wentz and feels very much like a poem, with some weird ass instrumental that feature some pretty odd distorted sounds. æThis Palace was crystal / but the word was a cruel joke / What is there between us / If not a little annihilationÆ æThe Kintsugi Kid (10 Years)Æ begins the countdown to the end. æIÆve spent 10 Years, 10 years in a bitter chemical haze / And I missed the way that I feltÆ is the driving lyric during the chorus, and I think it tells a very definitive story of what it feels like to be under the influence of æchemicalsÆ such as drugs and alcohol. It made me think back to æWhat A Catch, DonnieÆ, all the way back on Folie A Deux, a song that Pete wrote about his battle with depression and his suicide attempt, almost as a letter to Patrick Stump. I got just this side of nostalgic thinking about my own struggles and I think if anyone else has been through something similar, æThe Kintsugi KidÆ will definitely hit that little spot inside of them. Even more so when you think about the fact that æKintsugiÆ is the Japanese art of literally filling and fixing cracks in pottery and other objects with lacquer usually including gold. Thankfully æWhat A Time To Be AliveÆ wakes us all back up from our emo stupor and has a much happier and uptempo vibe, with a foot firmly in the disco elements of the 1970s. ItÆs upbeat, itÆs dancey, itÆs disco, and itÆs a total party from start to finish. ItÆs a 180 in terms of feel from the previous track, and itÆs this sort of ebb and flow in their song choices that make Fall Out Boy a class act. Lastly, (and sadly!) we have the closing track, æSo Much (For) StardustÆ. The strings are back for this one and IÆm momentarily pulled into a renaissance ballroom before the rest of the instrumental kicks in. Piano and trumpet make an appearance as well, and additional trumpet is always a nice touch! Patrick has always said heÆs heavily influenced by soul and punk music (maybe why he called his solo record Soul Punkàà) and I think that shows on this one. The album closer also features lyrics from æLove From The Other SideÆ and itÆs that sort of throwback that makes a record cohesive, and while it could be seen as cheesy, it absolutely isnÆt. æSo Much (For) StardustÆ is an epic offering all over, and just a great way to finish off whatÆs a great album. Overall, the record is a bit rocky, itÆs a bit pop punk, itÆs a bit synthy, and itÆs a bit disco! A 10/10 is increasingly rare for me nowadays as I can always pick one or two things on a record that just donÆt sit well with me. However, Fall Out Boy have always been amazing at using their albums to tell a story and So Much (For) Stardust is no exception to this. The five-year wait between records has definitely been worth it, and this is one IÆm going to be playing this release over and over again. https://www.instagram.com/falloutboy/ https://www.facebook.com/falloutboy/ https://twitter.com/falloutboy https://falloutboy.com