Historically, when singers of wildly popular bands have stepped out from the acts that made them famous, success has been all but guaranteed, even if that singer wasn’t the driving musical force. Call it the Rod Stewart phenomenon. But Fall Out Boy aren’t exactly your typical band. While Patrick Stump may have been the guy behind the mic, bassist ( Read more... )

12. Patrick Stump
Soul PunkSkimpy on punk but helium-high on soul, the former Fall Out Boy's self-written/produced/played reinterpretation of Prince and MJ's artistic peak is as unrelentingly catchy as it was commercially unsuccessful. Even while contemplating fame and fortune's pitfalls, Patrick Stump radiates refreshingly unhip, utterly sincere ( Read more... )

Patrick Stump // Soul Punk
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By Maura Johnston

Today marks the release of Patrick Stump's debut solo album Soul Punk, and I'm going to put my cards on the table: It's my favorite album of 2011, and has been since I first heard it. (You can stream it here.) Hooky and witty and jam-packed with instantly hummable tunes, it is a fantastic pop record, one that I probably would ( Read more... )

"I feel like being alone, if you don't mind," sings Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump on his long-in-the-works solo debut. And, boy does he mean it. Aside from Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco's guest verse on "My City," Stump wrote and recorded every note of music on "Soul Punk," displaying a level of artistic control usually reserved for auteur ( Read more... )

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Patrick Stump makes worried reference more than once to the danger of cliché on “Soul Punk,” his solo debut after a long (and perhaps to-be-resumed) run with the popular emo rock band Fall Out Boy. Yet nothing about this deeply idiosyncratic album suggests that Stump has cause for fear: With its sleek club-pop synths, flowery R&B singing and ultra- ( Read more... )

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