Thursday, May 12, 2005
Fall Out Boy
From Under the Cork Tree
Jiminy Jillickers Radioactive Man! Yes, Fall Out Boy, the boy wonder side-kick from a running Batman parody on The Simpsons, is back with another album. From Under the Cork Tree basically carries on in a guitar heavy, sweet and melodic, but still chock full of screaming and tight drum beats.
At first listen, it sounds like more of the same, but when fully appreciated it actually poses some rather meaningful pop culture satire. The band jeopardizes its own reputation frequently for the sake of some jokes and references that most listeners probably won’t get anyway. For instance, every song name is either extremely long, has alternate titles, or contains some sort of pun: “I’ve Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea that Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)” or “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me.”
They are edgy enough to separate themselves from being compared to bands like Simple Plan or Good Charlotte, but maybe not mature enough to make it past the CD players of adolescent Warped Tour clientele. It was noble enough of them to sabotage themselves enough to make a spoof on screamo-emo (“I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me) and ‘80s hair metal [7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)] while still maintaining some musical integrity, but it still wasn’t quite enough to get through to most, even to those who “get it.”
Grade: C
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