Fall Out Boy’s newest album is… Different. That’s probably the only way you can describe how it relates to the Chicago-based quartet’s other work. We know that the words in our review can only do so much to help you figure this out, so we’ve put together these playlists to help.
For the newcomers: The American Psychos
American Beauty/American Psycho, Fall Out Boy’s sixth full-length LP, is a departure from the band’s signature sound. The angsty pop-punk anthems to which your older brother moshed at the Warped Tour in 2005 are gone — they’ve been replaced by what can only be described as a one part stadium sound with two parts EDM and a dash of bravado.
If you like these tracks, there’s no doubt that Fall Out Boy’s latest is right up your alley:

For the old school: The Car Crash Hearts
If you consider yourself a Car Crash Heart, you probably won’t appreciate American Beauty/American Psycho. You put up with the majority of Save Rock and Roll because it was the first new Fall Out Boy material you got in six years, but you probably don’t have more than one or two those tracks on your FOB playlist *cough* “Young Volcanoes” *cough*. Here’s the Fall Out Boy you know and love, along with seven other tracks that take you back to 2005:

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