Fall Out Boy - My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue
It is easy to see why Fall Out Boy are being much talked about. They have managed to spin off from pop punk so to speak and twist it into something that doesn’t sound like every other band from the genre.
Everyone will soon know all there is to know about the Windy City’s Fall Out Boy, and with good reason too. Having been snatched up by major label Island Records before they launched themselves into the music world with hard working indie label Fueled By Ramen, it is now time for the world to be introduced to Fall Out Boy. These kids are full of talent and this acoustic driven five-track EP / DVD is the ideal introduction to what Fall Out Boy is all about. You can read along to the clever lyrics while the acoustic guitar hooks suck you in, and you can then watch the band in action on the DVD included. The video portion of this EP chronicles the history of the band dating back to 2001, and this is the perfect way for Fall Out Boy to say hello and leave their mark.
The group embodies that innocence and purity of a band just starting out and testing the waters, jamming away in their basement trying to capture that energy and honesty of what good music is all about. Fall Out Boy are a band perched on the edge of hardcore and pop melody driven tunes and this EP is all about the song writing and lyrics.
There is a reason for this entire buzz surrounding these four kids from Chicago. It is because they know how to write great songs and they deliver them to your ears in better fashion. These five acoustic songs all flaunt the dark and sarcastic, suspicious lyrics delivered with passion. Peter Wentz is very creative when putting his lyrics together because his words have a comic and down right callous side, yet there is a certain naturalness built into them as well. The opening track, “My Heart is the Worst Kind of Weapon,” denotes this imaginative lyric writing, “Because I know / that you’re in between arms somewhere / next to heartbeats / where you shouldn’t dare sleep / I’ll teach you a lesson / for keeping secrets from me / take your taste back / peel back your skin / and try to forget how it feels inside / you should try saying no once in a while / and did you hear the news? / I could dissect you and gut you on this stage.”
The pleasant touch on this EP is the DVD disc that is included. It just doesn’t take you on a history lesson of the band; it gives you an insight as to what Fall Out Boy is all about. It has footage from some of the first shows they ever played as well as extras like videos. You also get a first hand glimpse of what seeing them live is all about. It seems like quite an energetic show filled with plenty of on-stage bedlam.
It is easy to see why Fall Out Boy are being much talked about. They have managed to spin off from pop punk so to speak and twist it into something that doesn’t sound like every other band from the genre. The band displays on this EP that they are full of creativity and in many ways have kind of carved out a new genre of their own. And the scary part is that they are just getting started.
(Fueled by Ramen / Island Records)