Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles Single Review

Fall Out Boy

A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me

Single Review

More yearning misgivings rooted in catchy riffs taking off from a vibrant percussion base, sees Fall Out Boy consolidating their position as emo's new flag-bearers. Self-deprecation helps vocalist Patrick Stump hit his target audience, as precisely as a Maxi Rodriguez volley:

"I'm sleeping on your folks' porch again dreaming.

She said, she said, why don't you just drop dead?"

Fall Out Boy, with this mournful but rhythmic release of bemusement, continue to pick at the fruits from their bible for the downtrodden album, 'From Under The Cork Tree'.

7/10

David Adair