We’ve all been waiting for the follow-up to 2013’s Save Rock And Roll, the latest effort from our favorite boys of Illinois, Fall Out Boy. SR&R has divided fans’ opinions as the band began to channel more synth and pop elements into their sound.

Previously released singles like “Centuries” and “Immortals” have also suggested that the band is heading in a similar direction for their new record.

Starting the year off right, the band has just unveiled that they will be releasing American Beauty/American Psycho on January 20. The record’s lead single, which will share a similar title, will be available worldwide on December 8, after streaming live earlier today on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show. Pre-orders for the new record’s physical and digital copies will be available on December 15.

You can check out a statement from the band regarding American Beauty/American Psycho below.

“the moment where a shadow lets you know where the sun was streaming in. the odd place where light and dark meet. there is a threshold. we all can feel it- it is something palpable… the idea that no matter how much an animal is domesticated- there is still something wild in it. declawed but we take/make the best monsters. we semi-civilize them. we put bears in suits on tricycles. we keep wolves warm from the winter in hen houses. then we wonder why they maul the hearts of what we hold the most dear. but make no mistake you brought them into your house and thought they could become a pet. we have infiltrated you. now we are inside you like a disease. this is a modern love story- coming together and unravelling all at once….

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“the cancer of time is eating us away. our heroes have killed themselves, or are killing themselves. the hero then, is not time, but timelessness….” henry miller

we thought about where this all began but razing it and starting again. so we reached out to a kindred spirit in sebastiAn- from the past he mined some of the future. the mission is the heart pure and simple as it can be- distilled but never fragmented or disguised. through these experiments, that were sometimes lost in translation, we persevered- “they tried to bury us but they didnt realize we were seeds”

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Dana Reandelar

If not hunched over her desk writing about music, Dana can be found binge-watching old episodes of Gilmore Girls or condensing long rants to 140 characters. She also writes for Idobi Radio, and is an Off The Record podcast contributor.

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