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Folie a Deux

I’m a huge Fall Out Boy fan, so anytime a new album is released, it’s good news. As much as I enjoyed Infinity On High, I have a strong fondness for earlier albums From Under The Cork Tree and Take This To Your Grave. Musically, Folie A Duex is closer to them than Infinity On High, and that’s actually a good thing.

I didn’t have much time to listen to the whole album before my Vaio got knocked out and sent to the “doctor” but as a whole, the album is definitely a throwback to the old days.

My favourite track is “What A Catch, Donnie“, which has a section where the choruses of songs like “Dance Dance“, “Grand Theft Autumn“, “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down” and their other bigger hits, and the choruses are sung by frontmen from other bands like Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes and Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco. It’s a nice memoir to their earlier days, if you will.

The other thing I like about Folie A Deux, was how singles were released prior to the album on iTunes, in an attempt to build up interest and anticipation for the album. Also, a couple of days before the physical album was available, the entire album was available on MySpace, which I think was a fantastic move because it allows the hardcore fans to listen to it and direct their friends to the MySpace page to listen as well.

Fall Out Boy is also coming to Singapore in February. Give me a shout if you’re attending!